| 单词 | lowly born |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslowly born lowly born adj. of humble birth; cf. low-born adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] low-bornc1275 ungentlec1374 unnoblea1382 bastardly1552 baseborn1553 ingenerous1621 lowly born1623 earth-born1630 unpedigreed1787 birthless1817 unaristocratic1841 disconnected1847 pedigreeless1859 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 19 Tis better to be lowly borne, And range with humble liuers in Content, Then to be perk'd vp in a glistring griefe, And weare a golden sorrow. View more context for this quotation 1742 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes ii. xx. 285 For know, ye Rivals of my Fame, Though lowly born, a vulgar Name, I will not condescend to die. 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 234 We may long look in vain for the name of a lowly-born man amongst the Roman magistracy. 1963 M. I. Gerhardt Art of Story-telling iv. 136 She reminds us somewhat of the European Griselda, but without the cowering humility of the lowly-born wife. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 13 May 21 Jonathan Rhys-Meyers plays a lowly-born tennis coach who gets in with a group of nice aristos. < as lemmas |
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