单词 | footworn |
释义 | footwornadj. 1. Worn from being regularly walked or trodden on over time. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > worn by the feet footworn?a1656 ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 206 Treshold. Entering, creaking, spurned, frequented, dusty, humble, lowly, foot-worn. 1770 D. Y. tr. G.-F. P. de Saint-Foix Hist. Paris ii. 81 in Transl. from French Near this foot-worn path is laid, A cuckold strange, whom Nature made. 1781 H. P. Wyndham Tour through Monmouthshire & Wales (ed. 2) 116 A stair-case path, foot-worn on the precipitous side of a craggy and disjointed mountain. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion v. 209 Sepulchral stones appeared, with emblems graven, And foot-worn epitaphs. View more context for this quotation 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 The chains lie silent on the footworn stones. 1916 Boys' Life Nov. 5/2 The setting sun cast long shadows on the footworn carpet. 1950 Pop. Sci. Dec. 130/2 My partner and I..climbed the foot-worn stairs to bed. 2013 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Weekend section) 27 There is a footworn track that leads down to the shore. 2. Tired from having walked a long distance; footsore. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > by or with walking or running forrun1297 forwalkeda1375 weary of-walkedc1400 forrakeda1500 surbated1575 footsore1660 weary-foot1791 footworn1792 stagged-up1866 run1876 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [adjective] > in feet > suffering surbateda1450 surfoot1631 footsore1660 footworn1792 1792 J. Parkhurst Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon (ed. 3) 308/1 Footworn, having the feet sore or tender by walking barefoot. 1796 Monthly Mirror June 117 The foot-worn pilgrim treads his measur'd way. 1842 C. Redding Illustr. Itinerary Lancaster 160 Some distance behind, almost naked and footworn, came a boy of ten years of age. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxii. 440 Some of our foot-worn absentees. 1921 Lutheran Women's Work Apr. 136/2 We stood and watched those weary, foot-worn pilgrims toiling up those long stone steps. 1983 Third Way Dec. 23/3 The feet of those who are tired, footworn, weary, and in need of an imaginative lift. 2014 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 Dec. 20 At the till, at the end of a long shopping foray, you are at your most footworn and weary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1656 |
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