† natureln.
Obsolete. rare.
Innate character or disposition. Cf. natural adj. 2c.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]
heartOE
erda1000
moodOE
i-mindOE
i-cundeOE
costc1175
lundc1175
evena1200
kinda1225
custc1275
couragec1300
the manner ofc1300
qualityc1300
talentc1330
attemperancec1374
complexionc1386
dispositiona1387
propertyc1390
naturea1393
assay1393
inclinationa1398
gentlenessa1400
proprietya1400
habitudec1400
makingc1400
conditionc1405
habitc1405
conceitc1425
affecta1460
ingeny1477
engine1488
stomach?1510
mind?a1513
ingine1533
affection1534
vein1536
humour?1563
natural1564
facultyc1565
concept1566
frame1567
temperature1583
geniusa1586
bent1587
constitution1589
composition1597
character1600
tune1600
qualification1602
infusion1604
spirits1604
dispose1609
selfness1611
disposure1613
composurea1616
racea1616
tempera1616
crasisc1616
directiona1639
grain1641
turn1647
complexure1648
genie1653
make1674
personality1710
tonea1751
bearing1795
liver1800
make-up1821
temperament1821
naturalness1850
selfhood1854
Wesen1854
naturel1856
sit1857
fibre1864
character structure1873
mentality1895
mindset1909
psyche1910
where it's (he's, she's) at1967
the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective]
habitual1526
natural1598
complexionate1607
habituous1633
complexional1636
temperamental1646
dispositive1656
attempered1661
characterial1824
naturel1856
dispositional1921
the world > time > period > [adjective] > natural or sidereal
naturalc1395
sidereal1612
naturel1856
society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > specific
setc1200
positivec1385
naturalc1390
directive1610
distributive1651
directory1692
substantive lawa1832
naturel1856
natural law1934
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xviii. 304 The contumacious sharptongued energy of English naturel.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude vi. 126 What possesses interest for us is the naturel of each, his constitutional excellence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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