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单词 new-dead
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new-deadadj.

Brit. /ˌnjuːˈdɛd/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˈdɛd/
Forms: see new adv. and dead adj., n., and adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adv., dead adj.
Etymology: < new adv. + dead adj.
rare.
That has only recently died.Apparently only in predicative use until the 20th cent.
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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > recently dead
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?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) xxxi. 140 Þai ware..so fresch as þai had bene euen new deed.
c1480 (a1400) St. Thecla 302 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 440 Þane fand scho thamyrum nev ded.
1608 W. Bettie Hist. Titana & Theseus iii. sig. Fv Now brothers ghosts and soules new dead, I wish no more.
1722 R. Blackmore Redemption iv. 230 The pow'r..That raises men new dead, and scarcely cold, Is not of such superior kind.
?1884–5 E. Arnold tr. Song Celestial ii The man new-dead Is, like the man new-born, still living man.
1946 D. Devlin Lough Derg 43 The ancient stirred no more than a thought in a new-dead man.
1955 S. Spender Coll. Poems 1928–53 71 Alas for the sad standards In the eyes of the new-dead young Sprawled in the mud of battle.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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