hand-tameadj.

Brit.

/ˌhan(d)ˈteɪm/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˈteɪm/

Forms: see hand n. and tame adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., tame adj.

Etymology: < hand n. + tame adj. Compare Old High German hantzam (German handzahm).

1. Of a bird or (occasionally) other animal: tame enough to be handled. rare before 20th cent.In quot. 1911 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > docile

tamec888

hand-tameOE

softc1175

sober1398

mansuetea1525

sedate1791

the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed

handsome1440

wieldya1450

maniable1484

willing?a1513

tractable1555

wieldsome1565

manuable1594

manageable1598

handleable1611

subject1619

manuala1631

handy1640

flippant1677

wieldablea1688

clever1715

able1741

habile1741

docile1774

sweet1883

hand-tame1911

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 200 Gif ðu mid wilddeorum me nu bætan wylt, hi beoð sona handtame, þurh þæs hælendes naman.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 504 As scho [sc. a bird] were hand-tame.

1911 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 1/3 Amid the clucking and disturbance of these hand-tame roosters, here was Pitt.

1913 Bird-lore Jan. 179/2 He had been one of those that were hand-tame before he lost his tail.

1956 Illustr. London News 28 Jan. 146/1 She [sc. a vixen] is, like our dog-fox, hand-tame.

1999 M. M. Vriends Parrotlet Handbk. vii. 105 As soon as your parrotlet..is hand-tame, start considering speech lessons.

†2. Of a person or a person's soul: mild and gentle; submissive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] > tame or gentle

hand-tamec1330

hand-tameda1500

c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 341 To waxen al hand-tame that rathere weren so proude.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xxxiii. 2 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 164 In lauerd mi saule be loued sal: Here handtame [L. mansueti], and faine with-al.

Derivatives

† handtameness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [noun] > tameness or gentleness

tameheada1325

handtamenessa1400

tameness1530

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xliv. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 176 (MED) For sothnes, and handtamenes [L. mansuetudinem], And rightwisenes þat in þe es.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hand-tame
释义	hand-tameadj. Brit. /ˌhan(d)ˈteɪm/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˈteɪm/ Forms: see hand n. and tame adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., tame adj. Etymology: < hand n. + tame adj. Compare Old High German hantzam (German handzahm). 1. Of a bird or (occasionally) other animal: tame enough to be handled. rare before 20th cent.In quot. 1911 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > docile tamec888 hand-tameOE softc1175 sober1398 mansuetea1525 sedate1791 the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed handsome1440 wieldya1450 maniable1484 willing?a1513 tractable1555 wieldsome1565 manuable1594 manageable1598 handleable1611 subject1619 manuala1631 handy1640 flippant1677 wieldablea1688 clever1715 able1741 habile1741 docile1774 sweet1883 hand-tame1911 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 200 Gif ðu mid wilddeorum me nu bætan wylt, hi beoð sona handtame, þurh þæs hælendes naman. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 504 As scho [sc. a bird] were hand-tame. 1911 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 1/3 Amid the clucking and disturbance of these hand-tame roosters, here was Pitt. 1913 Bird-lore Jan. 179/2 He had been one of those that were hand-tame before he lost his tail. 1956 Illustr. London News 28 Jan. 146/1 She [sc. a vixen] is, like our dog-fox, hand-tame. 1999 M. M. Vriends Parrotlet Handbk. vii. 105 As soon as your parrotlet..is hand-tame, start considering speech lessons. †2. Of a person or a person's soul: mild and gentle; submissive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] > tame or gentle hand-tamec1330 hand-tameda1500 c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 341 To waxen al hand-tame that rathere weren so proude. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xxxiii. 2 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 164 In lauerd mi saule be loued sal: Here handtame [L. mansueti], and faine with-al. Derivatives † handtameness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [noun] > tameness or gentleness tameheada1325 handtamenessa1400 tameness1530 a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xliv. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 176 (MED) For sothnes, and handtamenes [L. mansuetudinem], And rightwisenes þat in þe es. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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