high-strainedadj.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪˈstreɪnd/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪˈstreɪnd/

Forms: 1500s high strayned, 1600s– high strained.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: high adv., strained adj.; high adj., strain n.², -ed suffix².

Etymology: Probably partly < high adv. + strained adj., and partly < high adj. + strain n.² + -ed suffix².

Highly strained (in various senses); greatly or unnaturally forced or laboured.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > forced

high-strained1565

constrained1571

forced1583

overstrained1599

strained1609

epitonic1879

smart1899

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Periclitari Vox summa rumpi periclitatur, an high strayned voyce is in daunger to be broken.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. a3^v The Age wee live in is all for novelties, and high-strained Jigs of Musick.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 109 The high strain'd Paradoxes of old Philosophy.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 449 The high-strained Encomiums..paid to Learning.

1762 J. Wesley Let. 15 Sept. (1931) IV. 188 This perfection is consistent with a thousand nervous disorders, which that high-strained perfection is not.

1823 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 25 Sept. The many high-strained compliments to the author from various hands.

1876 Musical Times 17 689/2 Unless the succeeding volumes..fall short of the certainly high-strained expectations which this first instalment has raised, [etc.].

1921 S. Desmond Gods xiv. 155 It was a high-strained, jerky voice with something of hysteria in it.

2011 J. Lamb Things Things Say iv. 84 The rhetoric of the play is largely devoted to reinforcing these representations and personations by addressing them in high-strained apostrophes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high-strained
释义	high-strainedadj. Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈstreɪnd/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈstreɪnd/ Forms: 1500s high strayned, 1600s– high strained. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: high adv., strained adj.; high adj., strain n.², -ed suffix². Etymology: Probably partly < high adv. + strained adj., and partly < high adj. + strain n.² + -ed suffix². Highly strained (in various senses); greatly or unnaturally forced or laboured. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > forced high-strained1565 constrained1571 forced1583 overstrained1599 strained1609 epitonic1879 smart1899 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Periclitari Vox summa rumpi periclitatur, an high strayned voyce is in daunger to be broken. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. a3^v The Age wee live in is all for novelties, and high-strained Jigs of Musick. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 109 The high strain'd Paradoxes of old Philosophy. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 449 The high-strained Encomiums..paid to Learning. 1762 J. Wesley Let. 15 Sept. (1931) IV. 188 This perfection is consistent with a thousand nervous disorders, which that high-strained perfection is not. 1823 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 25 Sept. The many high-strained compliments to the author from various hands. 1876 Musical Times 17 689/2 Unless the succeeding volumes..fall short of the certainly high-strained expectations which this first instalment has raised, [etc.]. 1921 S. Desmond Gods xiv. 155 It was a high-strained, jerky voice with something of hysteria in it. 2011 J. Lamb Things Things Say iv. 84 The rhetoric of the play is largely devoted to reinforcing these representations and personations by addressing them in high-strained apostrophes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1565
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