| 单词 | ill-thewed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasill-thewed Π 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. i. xx Certes they be ill thew'd and baser born. ill-thewed a. Trained, instructed in morals or manners; having qualities or manners (of a specified kind). Chiefly in compounds, as ill-thewed, well-thewed adj., etc., -mannered, -conditioned, -natured. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [adjective] > behaved or conducted in a specific manner thewedc1200 i-lateta1225 ytheweda1400 demeaned14.. manneredc1400 tachedc1400 behavioured1589 behaved1604 conversationeda1625 carriaged1633 conducted1856 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 41 Þe wise man and þat wel þeaud child habbeð boðe on laȝe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3258 He wes swiðe soð-fest and swiðe wel iðæwed [c1300 Otho i-þeuwed]. c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 180 My lady is..so wel fortuned and thewed That thorow the worlde her goodnesse is yshewed. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 856 [Foals] So thewed that from high quyete & reste Anoon they may be stered forto prike. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 141 Men..full of vicis, ryotous and euill thewit. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R5v Yet would not seeme so rude, and thewed ill, As to despise so curteous seeming part. 1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Beautie 138 A beauteous soule, with faire conditions thewed. < as lemmas |
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