单词 | new-found |
释义 | new-foundadj. 1. Newly or recently found, discovered, or invented. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > new, novel, or not previously known newOE fresha1382 unhearda1382 new-founda1425 raw1448 newfanglec1450 newfangled?1531 new-fashioned1574 novile1586 modern1590 newelty1590 unheard1592 novellous1601 new-discovered1609 novelizing1625 nouvelle1650 new-type1887 edgy1976 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 79 (MED) Þei tellen more bi þer owne bekenyng and bi þer new founden signes þan..bi Goddis heestis. c1496 Sermo pro Episcopo Puerorum (de Worde) sig. biij [We take] paynted gyrdels of Spaynardes, newe founde hattes of Romayns. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 420 (MED) It is a newe foundun weye for sutilte aȝenus charite. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxx Thys exposycyon ys neyther our deuyce no eny newe founden fantesy, but a very trewth well perceyued. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 551 The conuersion of the Infidels..is a newe found argument. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 60 A couple of these perspectives, which shew the new-found motion of the stars about Jupiter. 1670 Sir J. Vaughan in Phenix (1721) I. 415 Which were a strange new-found Conclusion. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. x. 262 Wished him heartily Joy of his new-found Uncle. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 6 Can..art confer A new-found luxury not seen in her? 1856 C. Kingsley Theseus in Heroes ii. 189 Ægeus his new-found father. 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xviii. 303 They are the first to hail the new-found calf-god. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 Feb. 2/3 The Garden and the Myrtle Grove Are throbbing with expectancy Of new-found Life, and new-born Love. 1965 P. Arrowsmith Jericho xxvi. 280 She must behave in accordance with her new-found pacifist philosophy. 2000 E. Garcia Anonymous Rex iv. 46 I consider asking my newfound nursing friend..for Burke's visitor records. 2. spec. Designating newly discovered land, islands, etc. Also occasionally in figurative context.In the 16th cent. used esp. with reference to America or certain parts of it. See also Newfoundland n. ΚΠ 1502 in J. A. Williamson Cabot Voyages (1962) 216 Item to the merchauntes of bristoll that have bene in the newe founde launde. 1505 Privy Purse Exp. Hen. VII in E. Weekley Etymol. Dict. Mod. Eng. (1921) 982 Wylde catts and popyngays of the newfound island. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxix Apuly, Afryke and the newe fonde londe. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B4v They should come to the Newe founde Ilandes that wee discouered. 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia (title) A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece (title page) The Southermost Part of the Iland, commonly called the Newfoundland. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. xxxiv. 270 The Salvation of them of the New-found World upon Earth, I mean those of America. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. 137 Various opinions and conjectures were formed concerning the new-found countries. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 21 Who sway'd a moment..Iberia's sceptre on the new found shore. 1881 J. L. Robertson Orellana i. 17 Night caught them thus; These on the new-found land gazing with hope. 1977 Sci. Amer. Nov. 148/3 Boring rods..had revealed a newfound land of plenty under the soil and even under the surrounding seas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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