单词 | meeth |
释义 | † meethadj. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). Gentle, courteous, modest. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] metheOE hendc1225 debonairc1230 hendya1250 courteousc1275 hendlyc1275 bonairc1300 quaintc1300 sweetc1330 graciousa1375 meetha1400 debonary1402 debonariousc1485 humanec1500 civil1565 genty1660 discreet1739 polite1751 politeful1832 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10152 Elizabeth, An hali leuedi mild and meth. c1440 (?a1400) St. John Evangelist (Thornton) 57 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 99 (MED) Þou was methe & meke as mayden for mylde. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 497 Efter meat and before meit maks madins meith [v.r. mylde] at meat. 1699 A. Ogilvy in J. Grant Seafield Corr. (1912) 274 An address from the Africa council..subscribed by Lord Basil Hamilton in very mooth terms, desyring there lops recomendation to his majesty for assistance. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Meeth, modest, mild, gentle. 1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches xi. 130 My meeth callant, so that's the way the wind blows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1400 |
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