foundlingn.

Brit.

/ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English fynd(e)ling, Middle English–1700s fondling, Middle English–1500s fondelyng, Middle English–1500s found(e)lyng, (Middle English foundeling), Middle English fund(e)ling, fund(e)lyng, Middle English, 1500s foundling.

Etymology: Middle English fundeling (= Dutch vondeling , Middle High German vundelinc ), < funden, past participle of find v. + -ling suffix¹; Middle English had also findling (= German findling), < the present stem of the verb. Compare also Middle English funding.

a. A deserted infant whose parents are unknown, a child whom there is no one to claim. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foundling

found child (brat, etc.)eOE

foundlinga1300

strodlingc1490

woods colt1895

temple-foundling1905

a1300 E.E. Psalter (Horstm.) lxvii[i]. 5 Of fadre of foundlinges ma.

c1305 Judas 56 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 108 So þat þe quene vpbreid adai: þat he fyndling was.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 182/2 Fundelynge, as he þat ys fowndyn, and noman wote ho ys hys fadur, ne hys modyr.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. iii. f. vii^v I am an Israelite, not by engraffynge, but by kyndred: not a straunge foundlyng, but a Jewe, beynge borne of the Jewes.

1602 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 271/1 A childe which is laid and found in the streete..or else~where, which they call commonly a foundling.

1735 G. Berkeley Querist §372 Whether there should not be erected..an hospital for orphans and foundlings, at the expense of old bachelors?

1780 G. White Let. 30 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 113 I myself have seen these foundlings in their nest displaying a strange ferocity of nature.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxix. 160 He..roared again until the very foundlings near at hand were startled in their beds.

appositively.a1712 W. King Ulysses & Tiresias 25 Tho' he a foundling bastard be.a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. xxiii. 250 The discovery of a foundling orphan.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word

hard word1533

household word1574

magic word1581

grandam words1598

signal word1645

book worda1670

wordie1718

my whole1777

foundling1827–38

keyword1827

Mesopotamia1827

thought-word1844

word-symbol1852

nursery word1853

pivot word1865

rattler1865

object word1876

pillow word1877

nonce-word1884

non-word1893

fossil1901

blessed word1910

bogy-word1919

catch-all1922

pseudo-word1929

false friend1931

plus word1939

descriptor1946

meta-word1952

discourse marker1967

shrub2008

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. ***i As for lying or vntruth, it is a foundling, & not a thing bred.

1827–38 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1867) 210 Employ such words as have the largest families, keeping clear of foundlings and of those of which nobody can tell whence they come unless he happens to be a scholar.

1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 39 The great majority of proverbs are foundlings, the happier foundlings of a nation's wit, which [etc.].

2. the Foundling: the Foundling Hospital, London.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children > specific

the Foundling1829

1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 256 It would be as wise to recommend wolves for nurses at the Foundling, on the credit of Romulus and Remus.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

foundling-hospital n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children

conservatory1620

orphanotrophium1673

orphan house1711

orphanotrophy1727

orphan hospital1736

foundling-house1750

foundling-hospital1756

orphan asylum1806

children's home1839

orphanage1865

protectory1865

orphanry1869

police orphanage1872

Pestalozzi children's village1946

1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 39 The enfants trouvés, or foundling-hospital.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 166 The Crêches of Paris, or the foundling hospital of Dublin.

† foundling-house n. Obsolete an institution for the reception of foundlings.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children

conservatory1620

orphanotrophium1673

orphan house1711

orphanotrophy1727

orphan hospital1736

foundling-house1750

foundling-hospital1756

orphan asylum1806

children's home1839

orphanage1865

protectory1865

orphanry1869

police orphanage1872

Pestalozzi children's village1946

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 12. ⁋6 What, you never heard of the Foundling House?

foundling-stone n. an erratic boulder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder

stonerockeOE

rochec1300

rocka1413

calionc1459

outlier1610

boother1680

tumbler1789

boulder1815

lost stone1819

erratic blocka1828

lost rock1831

gibber1834

tumbling stone1857

foundling-stone1892

1892 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 305 ‘Foundling-stones’ innumerable have become objects of popular superstition and scientific curiosity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foundling
释义	foundlingn. Brit. /ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English fynd(e)ling, Middle English–1700s fondling, Middle English–1500s fondelyng, Middle English–1500s found(e)lyng, (Middle English foundeling), Middle English fund(e)ling, fund(e)lyng, Middle English, 1500s foundling. Etymology: Middle English fundeling (= Dutch vondeling , Middle High German vundelinc ), < funden, past participle of find v. + -ling suffix¹; Middle English had also findling (= German findling), < the present stem of the verb. Compare also Middle English funding. 1. a. A deserted infant whose parents are unknown, a child whom there is no one to claim. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foundling found child (brat, etc.)eOE foundlinga1300 strodlingc1490 woods colt1895 temple-foundling1905 a1300 E.E. Psalter (Horstm.) lxvii[i]. 5 Of fadre of foundlinges ma. c1305 Judas 56 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 108 So þat þe quene vpbreid adai: þat he fyndling was. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 182/2 Fundelynge, as he þat ys fowndyn, and noman wote ho ys hys fadur, ne hys modyr. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. iii. f. vii^v I am an Israelite, not by engraffynge, but by kyndred: not a straunge foundlyng, but a Jewe, beynge borne of the Jewes. 1602 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 271/1 A childe which is laid and found in the streete..or else~where, which they call commonly a foundling. 1735 G. Berkeley Querist §372 Whether there should not be erected..an hospital for orphans and foundlings, at the expense of old bachelors? 1780 G. White Let. 30 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 113 I myself have seen these foundlings in their nest displaying a strange ferocity of nature. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxix. 160 He..roared again until the very foundlings near at hand were startled in their beds. appositively.a1712 W. King Ulysses & Tiresias 25 Tho' he a foundling bastard be.a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. xxiii. 250 The discovery of a foundling orphan. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word hard word1533 household word1574 magic word1581 grandam words1598 signal word1645 book worda1670 wordie1718 my whole1777 foundling1827–38 keyword1827 Mesopotamia1827 thought-word1844 word-symbol1852 nursery word1853 pivot word1865 rattler1865 object word1876 pillow word1877 nonce-word1884 non-word1893 fossil1901 blessed word1910 bogy-word1919 catch-all1922 pseudo-word1929 false friend1931 plus word1939 descriptor1946 meta-word1952 discourse marker1967 shrub2008 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. **i As for lying or vntruth, it is a foundling, & not a thing bred. 1827–38 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth* (1867) 210 Employ such words as have the largest families, keeping clear of foundlings and of those of which nobody can tell whence they come unless he happens to be a scholar. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 39 The great majority of proverbs are foundlings, the happier foundlings of a nation's wit, which [etc.]. 2. the Foundling: the Foundling Hospital, London. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children > specific the Foundling1829 1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 256 It would be as wise to recommend wolves for nurses at the Foundling, on the credit of Romulus and Remus. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. foundling-hospital n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children conservatory1620 orphanotrophium1673 orphan house1711 orphanotrophy1727 orphan hospital1736 foundling-house1750 foundling-hospital1756 orphan asylum1806 children's home1839 orphanage1865 protectory1865 orphanry1869 police orphanage1872 Pestalozzi children's village1946 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 39 The enfants trouvés, or foundling-hospital. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 166 The Crêches of Paris, or the foundling hospital of Dublin. † foundling-house n. Obsolete an institution for the reception of foundlings. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children conservatory1620 orphanotrophium1673 orphan house1711 orphanotrophy1727 orphan hospital1736 foundling-house1750 foundling-hospital1756 orphan asylum1806 children's home1839 orphanage1865 protectory1865 orphanry1869 police orphanage1872 Pestalozzi children's village1946 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 12. ⁋6 What, you never heard of the Foundling House? foundling-stone n. an erratic boulder. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder stonerockeOE rochec1300 rocka1413 calionc1459 outlier1610 boother1680 tumbler1789 boulder1815 lost stone1819 erratic blocka1828 erratic blocka1828 lost rock1831 gibber1834 tumbling stone1857 foundling-stone1892 1892 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 305 ‘Foundling-stones’ innumerable have become objects of popular superstition and scientific curiosity. 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