| 单词 | noblety |
| 释义 | † nobletyn.α. Middle English nobeldi, Middle English nobelte, Middle English nobeltee, Middle English nobilte, Middle English nobiltee, Middle English nobulte, Middle English nobylte, 1500s nobyltye; Scottish pre-1700 nobiltee, pre-1700 nobiltie. β. Middle English noblete, Middle English nobletee, Middle English noblyte; Scottish pre-1700 noblete, pre-1700 noblietie. Obsolete. 1. Nobility of rank or birth; splendour, magnificence; glory. Also: a high or noble quality or attribute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] athelc885 highnesseOE brightnessOE thrumOE worshipOE highship?c1225 nobleyec1300 pridec1330 realtya1375 rialtya1375 greatnessc1384 nobletya1387 magnificencec1390 regalya1393 greatheada1400 hautesse1399 lordliness1440 celsitudec1450 excelsitudec1470 state1488 princeliness1545 kingliness1548 royalty1548 amplitudec1550 grandity1589 grandeur1600 glory1613 majesticalness1613 augusteity1615 grandezza1629 augustness1644 raisedness1645 celsity1656 splendidnessa1657 grandness1663 exaltedness1730 halo1813 queenliness1831 aureole1852 magnateship1916 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence thrumOE prideOE wealc1290 noblessec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 nobletya1387 royaltyc1405 magnificence?1435 gloriousnessc1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 pomperyc1460 triumpha1513 princeliness1545 gorgeousness1549 jollity1549 stateliness1556 proudnessa1586 royalitya1607 splendour1616 grandeur1652 superbiousness1654 splendidnessa1657 lustre1658 superbness1779 pompa1783 splendaciousness1853 magnoliousness1921 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 235 To hiȝte þe noblete of þe citee, þe Romaynes made a wommans ymage in bras. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 255 Som chaungede names..forto make her own noblete [L. gloriam] of hir forfadres. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 149 (MED) Anoþer is avauntyng of godys, þat þei haue, as rycches, & nobylte of kyn. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 110 (MED) The feste, where there was gret nobeltee and plente of Richesses. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 208 (MED) What god is in him silf and in hise dignitees and nobiltees. a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) 5669 He hade excellent nobelte..verray Goddes sone was he..he was comen of kinges blode. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 179 Precious stones, riche clothis, and grete nobeldi. 2. Members of the nobility collectively; the aristocracy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] freedomeOE earlshipOE noblesse?c1225 anourc1330 freelya1350 nobleheada1382 nobletya1387 nobléc1395 nobilitya1400 generosity?a1475 apparage?1504 quality1579 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 15 Nyl al þe nobilte [L. nobilitas] of Cristen men deide þat tyme. c1425 in E. Edwards Liber Monasterii de Hyda (1866) 55 And yf hyt happe that Ethelbold fyrst be dede, than Ethered, wyht all the nobylte of Westsexene to be wyttenesse of owr partye. 1568 W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 215 All gentrice and nobiltie Ar passit out of he degre. c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 100 Many of the gretest cyteis tooke armes and rebelled aga[n]st there noblete [It. nobili]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.a1387 |
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