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单词 armchaired
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armchairedadj.

Brit. /ˈɑːmtʃɛːd/, U.S. /ˈɑrmˌtʃɛ(ə)rd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: armchair n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < armchair n. + -ed suffix2.
1. Seated in an armchair. Occasionally also (and in earliest use): lacking or not involving practical or direct experience (= armchair adj.).
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [adjective] > in or as in a specific place
sofaed1789
tabled1789
armchaired1837
benched1873
1837 London Disp. & People's Polit. & Social Reformer 24 Sept. 426/4 We are tired of arm-chaired visionists; we must have justice.
1846 L. Hunt Poet. Wks. 112 And poor ‘Mrs. Armytage’, warning exaction, Sits arm-chair'd for ever, a dread petrifaction.
1902 Words Eyewitness 2 The confession may give pleasure to the arm-chaired critics who have made them [sc. charges].
1958 Times 19 Dec. 57/5 Relaxing, shirt-sleeved and arm-chaired,..Sir Thomas Beecham is an altogether less Olympian figure.
1984 D. Francis Proof xv. 179 From the fireplace protruded the trousered behind of the luckless firelighter, to the interest and entertainment of scattered armchaired guests.
2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Sport section) 25 The armchaired public were able to regain their equilibrium.
2. Furnished or equipped with an armchair or armchairs.
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1839 R. P. Ward Pictures of World at Home & Abroad I. iii. 37 The room was well carpeted and arm-chaired, and set off by tables loaded with open folios.
1885 Lippincott's Mag. Mar. 314/2 What astonishment to find them [sc. rooms] dadoed and parquetted, arm-chaired, sofaed, and tabled à la Eastlake.
1918 Munsey's Mag. Feb. 155/1 It was a splendid room—habitable, book-lined, armchaired, and cozy.
1971 Times 2 Feb. 13/2 Two libraries (gargantuanly arm-chaired).
2002 P. Buck Lisbon iv. iii. 179 There is another staircase that leads to..a billiard room, armchaired hallways and a faded ballroom.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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