| 单词 | good men and true |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood men and true a. As a term of general commendation or approval. In early use usually implying distinguished rank or valour; in later use typically suggestive of honest reliability or decency, or personal worth regardless of rank or status. Now chiefly in good men and true (now somewhat archaic), and comparative expressions, as as good as, too good for, etc. See also good man at sense A. 4e.In modern English, good typically has some aspect of moral judgement when applied to people (cf. branch A. II.), creating some overlap between this sense and weakened examples of the moral use; cf., e.g., quot. 1808 and quot. 1960 at sense A. 15a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [adjective] goodeOE dowingc1175 well-theweda1200 thewful?c1225 goodfulc1275 flourisheda1375 virtuousc1390 honesta1393 fine?a1400 theweda1400 well-manneredc1400 well-conditioneda1425 moralc1443 mannerlya1500 virtuala1500 graceful1611 well-moralized1624 well-principled1635 morate1652 unlicentious1737 respectable1750 nice1799 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 871 Þær wearþ Heahmund biscep ofslægen & fela godra monna. OE St. Margaret (Tiber.) (1994) 136 Ic, Þeotimus, genam þa reliquias..and ic hio geheold on sumes godes wifes huse [L. in domum cuiusdam inclite matrone]. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. xxiii. 151 Hi forseoð hi selfe læs on þysum middanearde þa þe þæncað, þæt hi syn sylfe ma gode þonne oðre men. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1124 Mid him ferde þes kinges stiward of France..& fela oðre godre cnihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 185 We habbeð seoue þusun[d] [MS þusunð] of gode cnihten. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 29 Nu biddeþ Laweman. echne godne [c1275 Calig. æðele] mon..þat þes boc redeþ [etc.]. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 9 Be ye buxom..Vnto your seruaunts. Thynke that they be As good as ye. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 46/1 That sacred Sainctuary, that hath bene the safegarde of so many a good mannes life. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. v So by this pollitique wisdome & ingenious meanes of the good duke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 41 But he shall know I am as good. Glost. As good? Thou Bastard of my Grandfather. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 186 I do not say thwacke our Generall, but he was alwayes good enough for him. View more context for this quotation a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iv. iv. 79 in Poems (1638) I had rather..haue his twelve Godvathers, good men and true contemne him to the Gallowes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 50. ⁋12 Submitting my self to be try'd by my Country, and allowing any Jury of 12 good Men, and true, to be that Country. 1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 182 One Whitepot, a very good sort of a home-brewed general. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Gud ‘You are no sae gude as me’; i.e. ‘You are not so well-born.’ 1868 W. Collins Moonstone II. ii. viii. 198 And, now it comes to the pinch, my son isn't good enough for you. 1897 A. T. Mahan Life Nelson II. xv. 43 On one occasion..Nelson took too much champagne... Such a thing has happened on isolated occasions to many a good man and true. 1937 F. Loesser Everybody Sings in R. Kimball & S. Nelson Compl. Lyrics F. Loesser (2003) 21/3 Far be it from me to weep in your demitasses, Calling those lower classes Just as good as you. 1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 96 The trouble is, Mr Hughes, you're too good for the pie-eating bookmakers round these parts. 1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 111 They were good men and true who strove mightily in the interests of the Party, and for precious little reward. 2006 Nuts 11 Aug. 28/3 It doesn't matter how famous you are, acting like you're too good for your boyfriend is just not on. < as lemmas |
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