free-livingadj.

Brit.

/ˌfriːˈlɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌfriˈlɪvɪŋ/

Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and living adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: free adv., living adj.

Etymology: < free adv. + living adj.

1. That lives freely, or in freedom; given to or characterized by free indulgence of the appetites; liberal, uninhibited.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective]

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slack1951

1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. D^v He should Yeeld his free liuing youth a captiue, for The freedome of his aged fathers Corpes.

1714 R. North Gentleman Accomptant 129 Why should a Free-living Spark make himself a Drudge and Slave to Accompts?

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 79 He was a gude servant o' the town..though he was an ower free-living man.

a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. viii. 140 Madame Reuter looked more like a joyous, free-living old Flemish fermière, or even a maîtresse d'auberge, than a staid, grave, rigid directrice de pensionnat.

1898 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 23 Mar. He interferes with the free living pleasures of ‘the boys’ of the crew.

1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 40 Any child in those free-living parts might be expected to play truant.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Sept. b1 Two murdered children whose mother is an enigmatic, beautiful free-living gal with mob friends and a well-filled little black book.

2006 Marie Claire (U.K. ed.) Oct. 362/1 We wanted somewhere that felt balmy, rural and free-living to make an interesting backdrop for a shoot featuring berets, quirky knits and pencil skirts.

2. Biology. Of an organism: freely mobile, not sessile; not fixed to or enclosed within a substrate. Also (now more commonly): living independently, not dependent on a parasitic, symbiotic, or colonial association with another organism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young > living independent of parent

free-living1860

autophagous1873

precocious1897

precocial1932

1860 L. Reeve Elements Conchol. II. 173 In some species [of a burrowing mollusc]..the pallets are very much elongated. In the free-living species..they are short and of the form of a spear-head.

1875 Proc. Royal Soc. 24 572 During our Antarctic cruise we also got two free-living Nematodes.

1915 E. R. Lankester Diversions of Naturalist 113 This change from the life of a free-living shrimp to that of a living lump, adherent by its head to rocks or floating logs.

1940 G. S. Carter Gen. Zool. Invertebr. xii. 225 Only some highly modified forms, such as parasites and free-living saprophytes, can absorb their food directly through their surface.

1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) iv. 21 The Cestodes are all internal parasites with no free-living stage in their life except the egg.

1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) i. 72/2 Other close relatives of these free-living bacteria include some soil bacteria that can also live as plant root symbionts.

2006 Nature 6 Apr. p. ix/1 The adult worms are free-living but juvenile forms are parasites in the bodies of insects such as the cricket.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	free-living
释义	free-livingadj. Brit. /ˌfriːˈlɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌfriˈlɪvɪŋ/ Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and living adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: free adv., living adj. Etymology: < free adv. + living adj. 1. That lives freely, or in freedom; given to or characterized by free indulgence of the appetites; liberal, uninhibited. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective] golec888 canga1225 light?c1225 wooinga1382 nicea1387 riota1400 wantonc1400 wrenec1400 lachesc1450 loose?a1500 licentious1555 libertine1560 prostitute1569 riggish1569 wide1574 slipper1581 slippery1586 sportive1595 gay1597 Cyprian1598 suburb1598 waggish1600 smicker1606 suburbian1606 loose-living1607 wantona1627 free-living1632 libertinous1632 loose-lived1641 Corinthian1642 akolastic1656 slight1685 fast1699 freea1731 brisk1740 shy1787 slang1818 randomc1825 fastish1832 loosish1846 slummya1860 velocious1872 fly1880 slack1951 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. D^v He should Yeeld his free liuing youth a captiue, for The freedome of his aged fathers Corpes. 1714 R. North Gentleman Accomptant 129 Why should a Free-living Spark make himself a Drudge and Slave to Accompts? 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 79 He was a gude servant o' the town..though he was an ower free-living man. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. viii. 140 Madame Reuter looked more like a joyous, free-living old Flemish fermière, or even a maîtresse d'auberge, than a staid, grave, rigid directrice de pensionnat. 1898 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 23 Mar. He interferes with the free living pleasures of ‘the boys’ of the crew. 1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 40 Any child in those free-living parts might be expected to play truant. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Sept. b1 Two murdered children whose mother is an enigmatic, beautiful free-living gal with mob friends and a well-filled little black book. 2006 Marie Claire (U.K. ed.) Oct. 362/1 We wanted somewhere that felt balmy, rural and free-living to make an interesting backdrop for a shoot featuring berets, quirky knits and pencil skirts. 2. Biology. Of an organism: freely mobile, not sessile; not fixed to or enclosed within a substrate. Also (now more commonly): living independently, not dependent on a parasitic, symbiotic, or colonial association with another organism. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young > living independent of parent free-living1860 autophagous1873 precocious1897 precocial1932 1860 L. Reeve Elements Conchol. II. 173 In some species [of a burrowing mollusc]..the pallets are very much elongated. In the free-living species..they are short and of the form of a spear-head. 1875 Proc. Royal Soc. 24 572 During our Antarctic cruise we also got two free-living Nematodes. 1915 E. R. Lankester Diversions of Naturalist 113 This change from the life of a free-living shrimp to that of a living lump, adherent by its head to rocks or floating logs. 1940 G. S. Carter Gen. Zool. Invertebr. xii. 225 Only some highly modified forms, such as parasites and free-living saprophytes, can absorb their food directly through their surface. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) iv. 21 The Cestodes are all internal parasites with no free-living stage in their life except the egg. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) i. 72/2 Other close relatives of these free-living bacteria include some soil bacteria that can also live as plant root symbionts. 2006 Nature 6 Apr. p. ix/1 The adult worms are free-living but juvenile forms are parasites in the bodies of insects such as the cricket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1632
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