nourishingn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌrᵻʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnərɪʃɪŋ/,

/ˈnʊrɪʃɪŋ/

Forms:

α. Middle English noreshing, Middle English noreshyng, Middle English noresshyng, Middle English norichyng, Middle English norichynge, Middle English norischeinge, Middle English norisching, Middle English norischinge, Middle English norischingue, Middle English norischynge, Middle English norishyng, Middle English norissching, Middle English norisschinge, Middle English norisschyng, Middle English norisschynge, Middle English norisshing, Middle English norisshyng, Middle English norissing, Middle English norissinge, Middle English norissyng, Middle English norissynge, Middle English norissynne (probably transmission error), Middle English norosschynge, Middle English norrissinge, Middle English norycing, Middle English noryschenge, Middle English norysching, Middle English noryshschynge, Middle English norysschyng, Middle English noryssyng, Middle English noryssynge, Middle English–1500s norishynge, Middle English–1500s norisshinge, Middle English–1500s norisshynge, Middle English–1500s norysshyng, Middle English–1600s norishing, 1500s noryshynge, 1500s norysshynge; Scottish pre-1700 noressing, pre-1700 norising.

β. late Middle English nurisching, late Middle English nurischyng, late Middle English nurischynge, late Middle English nurrisshing, late Middle English nuryschynge, late Middle English nurysshyng, 1500s nuryschyng, 1500s nurysshynge; Scottish pre-1700 neuresing, pre-1700 nuresene, pre-1700 nuresing, pre-1700 nuressing, pre-1700 nurischeing, pre-1700 nurisching, pre-1700 nurishing, pre-1700 nurising, pre-1700 nurisinge, pre-1700 nurissing, pre-1700 nurysing, pre-1700 nvrisching, pre-1700 nvrissing, pre-1700 nwreising.

γ. late Middle English–1500s nourisshyng, late Middle English–1500s nourisshynge, 1500s nouryshynge, 1500s nourysshinge, 1500s nourysshyng, 1500s nourysshynge, 1500s nowrysshyng, 1500s– nourishing; Scottish pre-1700 novrysing, pre-1700 nowresing, pre-1700 nowrisching, pre-1700 nowrising, 1800s– nourishing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nourish v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < nourish v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare nurshing n., nourishment n.

1. That which nourishes; nourishment, nutriment. Also figurative. Now Irish English.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment

foodOE

fosterc1000

fodnethOE

flittinga1225

livenotha1225

nourishingc1300

sustenancec1300

livelihoodc1325

nurture1340

fosteringc1386

livingc1405

nouriturea1425

nutriment?a1425

nutrition?a1425

lifehood1440

reliefa1450

nourishmentc1450

nurshingc1450

sustentationc1450

nutrimentc1485

alimenta1500

sustainmenta1500

bielda1522

creature1540

suck1584

mantiniment1588

fosterment1593

the three M's1938

α.

c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 740 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 320 Ase it were a-manere lijf þat sent norischingue To þe limes.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 (MED) Me zayþ þet mete is þe miȝuoller þanne he heþ ynoȝ of myȝte and of norissinge.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 211^v To moche dryenesse makeþ þe poores schrynke so þat norischynge may nought passe and feede to norisshe þe tree.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. xi. 125 Thise herbes and thise trees..drawen alle here norysschynges by here rootes.

?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 108 (MED) Þe veynes myȝte go doun by þe semys of þe brayn panne, berynge norosschynge to þe same brayn.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 100 Mete, drinke, cloþe... Graunte me to use suche norisshinges temperatly.

β. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 87b (MED) A Nurischynge: Alitus, Alimen, fomentum, Alimentum, Alimonia, fomen..nutrimentum.c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxi. 105 Water..gyfis na nurising till man na beste.a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 45 This is the fud and werray nurising of the saule.γ. c1480 (a1400) Prol. 2 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 1 Þat Idilnes giffis novrysingis to vicis.1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 16 Biefe of Englande to Englysshemen, whiche are in helth, bringeth stronge nouryshynge.1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) xxxviii. 115 Silence to dolour is ane nowrisching.1610 R. Hill Pathway to Prayer (ed. 4) 141 But so much of each, as may giue both nourishing and cheering to my body.1977 T. Murphy Famine iii. 41 'Tisn't the sweetest smelling... But there's nourishing in it... 'Tisn't too much cooked but 'twill last longer in the stomach that way.

2. The action of nourish v. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun]

nourishingc1325

nurturec1330

afaitementc1400

nurseryc1400

nortelryc1405

alterage?c1450

nouriturec1450

rulec1525

upbringingc1525

education1527

nourituring1555

nutriture1567

breeding1577

nurturing1578

nuzzling1586

rearing1611

frame1632

seasoning1649

nurtureship1837

child-rearing1842

paedotrophy1857

raising1929

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun]

furtheringc1000

advancementc1325

nourishingc1325

speedingc1400

promotion1425

vauncingc1426

furtherancec1440

expedition1445

preferment1454

further1526

profection1533

towardliness1553

maturation1584

comforting1605

forwarding1635

advance1642

promotement1661

forwardness1741

fosterage1816

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant

sockc1000

suck13..

nourishingc1325

nursing?1533

lactation1668

suckling1842

breastfeeding1858

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying

usea1382

purveyancea1387

administration?a1425

application?a1425

ministration?a1425

purveying1442

findingc1449

administering1468

liveryc1475

storing1494

furnishing1496

nourishinga1530

ministering1530

conference1545

applial1548

affording1574

supplying1586

supplyment1589

accommodation1612

suppeditation1612

furniturea1649

supplial1738

purveyal1877

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun]

nourishmentc1330

nurshinga1382

nurshmenta1382

sustenance1389

nutrition?a1425

nutrure?c1450

sustentation1452

nutrifaction?1503

education1533

feeding1547

nourishing1560

nutriture1568

cherishment1593

subsistence1615

nutrication1623

alimentation1626

keeping1644

alition1650

alumnation1658

focillation1658

aliture1721

altion1721

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun]

rearinga1398

nourishing1615

conservation1646

zoosophy1662

culture1744

cultivation1791

zoogeny1826

zootechny1841

stock-keeping1844

ranching1851

conditioning1861

zootechnics1863

zooculture1873

zootrophy1877

animaliculture1879

mothering1922

stockmanship1959

α.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4900 Þis children were wel ȝonge ysend..to gode norrissinge.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 23 (MED) Yis is here entent, to make non ordinaunce..but only in worshepe of godd and seynt cristofore, and norisshyng of loue and charitee.

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Exodus xxxv. 14 The candelstik to susteyne the liȝtes, the vessels of it, and lanternes and oyle to the norishyng of fyres.

1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 506/1 It is pleasyng to God that all his Creatures be sette in vertuous occupations and labour..to the norisshyng of vertue.

c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. 772 (MED) Oon thyng greveth God more—To swere bi oure lady, his blessed modre In whos wombe he rested full yore, And by hir naturall noresshyng is oure fleisshly brothir.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 98 He ordeynid for fostering & noreshing of this childe iij norisis.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ciii. [xcix.] 299 I thynke they shall be skrymysshed withall, for that is the lyfe and norysshynge of men of warre and their passetyme.

1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 91 Norishing is defined of the physicions [etc.].

β. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 1 Ye spend full wele your nurysshyng..þat of men makis b[estis].c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 21 (MED) It is necessari to ech such beest and to man forto haue a witt wherbi he may..knowe what nutryment..schulen be accordyng to his nurischyng.1477 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1885) VIII. 403 (note) For the service..done in the nurysing of oure said derrest sone.a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) i. ii. 36 The lake of necessarys, for nuryschyng and clothyng of the body.1598 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 507 The diligait feiding and nurischeing of sum personis with all sortis of wyld foull.1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem ii. f. 23^v Nvrisching of peace and love.γ. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. aij^v Ye must puruey yow, for the nourisshyng of your child.1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. a.ij^v He will put his owne child to nourisshynge to another woman.a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCi^v She wrought naturally as other mothers doth, to his nourysshynge & conseruacyon.1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xliv. f. 206^v Radegonde, a Gentlewoman..had the charge, of the bringing vp and nourishing of Adelasia, from her Infancie.1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 213 The people about Sidon are greatly giuen to the nourishing of cattell.a1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1680) ii. §4 A law..acquitted the son from nourishing of his father.1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iii. 29 The nourishing of plants by water, is an evidence that salt and oil are parts of their food.1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees v. 89 Mr Craig..remonstrated with Mr Daff on the unchristian nature of the proposal, stigmatizing it with good emphasis, ‘as a sinful nourishing of carnality in his day and generation’.1874 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Apr. 382 In the case of men of long standing in Christian life, its obvious tendency appears in the nourishing of a condition which seems to us a sort of refined spiritual selfishness.1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiii. 143 An harmony, then, to flow, as morrow's milk; To comfort and to nourishing of men's souls.1985 A. C. Graham Reason & Spontaneity (BNC) 5 The nourishing of the body by food and the danger to the health of over-eating.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nourishingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌrᵻʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnərɪʃɪŋ/,

/ˈnʊrɪʃɪŋ/

Forms: see nourish v. and -ing suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 nourisand, pre-1700 nvrissand.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nourish v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < nourish v. + -ing suffix². Compare nourishant adj., nurshing adj.

That nourishes something; giving or affording nourishment; sustaining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > nourishing

nourishing1340

marrowya1382

nutrimentala1398

feeding1398

marroweda1400

nourishanta1400

nurshing?c1425

nutritivec1450

nutrativec1487

nourishable1496

hearty?1550

battling1555

nurturable1579

alimental1586

nutrible1607

alimentary1608

nutrimentive1610

refective1611

battlesome1627

alible1653

nurturing?a1659

alimentous1659

alimonious1659

polytrophic1659

nutrient1661

nutritious1665

alimentarious1671

foodful1735

nutritionarya1852

nutritional1858

nutraceutical1990

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 95 (MED) Þyse þri þinges byeþ nyeduolle to alle þe þinges þet in þe erþe wexeþ: Guod molde, wocnesse norissynde, and renable hete.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 251 In fatte lond and wel y-donged groweþ fatte whete..& is more norisschinge þan is þe whete þ^t growiþ in lene londe.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 66 (MED) Norisschinge blode is borne to alle þe members..þoruȝ mediacioun off þes veynes.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 41 A cowe yeueth mylke, the which is swete and norisschynge.

c1450 Treat. Fishing in J. McDonald et al. Origins of Angling (1963) 137 He must..ete norysching metes & defyabul.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Giv^v A pyt wherin the nourysshynge blode commynge fro the liuer is dygered.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 126 Fra wynis and al weill nurissing meitis and drinkis.

1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise 239 [To] fil thair bellies with nourisand meats.

1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling (1672) viii. 219 Covetousness is the nourishing root of all evil.

1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners i. i. 1 Yes faith, the meat and drink was nourishing enough.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 76 The Grass more strengthening and nourishing for the Cattle.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iv. 271 Long be your Eggs, far sweeter than the round, Cock-Eggs they are, more nourishing and sound.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 248 Oils, fat, sugar, alcohol, and other substances, which have a great affinity to oxygene, are very nourishing.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 379 The whole plant is a wholesome and nourishing food for cattle, and is gathered in Sussex for fattening hogs, and hence called Hog-weed.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 170/2 A woman is popularly said to be corn-fed when stout and plump—an allusion to the nourishing qualities of this kind of food.

1905 E. Tuite Dishes for All Seasons 99 When cold it will turn out a firm and nourishing jelly.

1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 9/3 Strips of gauze dipped in some nourishing lotion will not only help to keep the skin taut, but will feed the starving tissues.

1986 R. Frame Long Weekend (1988) 19 They choose sensible, nourishing dishes from the menu.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nourishing
释义	nourishingn. Brit. /ˈnʌrᵻʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnərɪʃɪŋ/, /ˈnʊrɪʃɪŋ/ Forms: α. Middle English noreshing, Middle English noreshyng, Middle English noresshyng, Middle English norichyng, Middle English norichynge, Middle English norischeinge, Middle English norisching, Middle English norischinge, Middle English norischingue, Middle English norischynge, Middle English norishyng, Middle English norissching, Middle English norisschinge, Middle English norisschyng, Middle English norisschynge, Middle English norisshing, Middle English norisshyng, Middle English norissing, Middle English norissinge, Middle English norissyng, Middle English norissynge, Middle English norissynne (probably transmission error), Middle English norosschynge, Middle English norrissinge, Middle English norycing, Middle English noryschenge, Middle English norysching, Middle English noryshschynge, Middle English norysschyng, Middle English noryssyng, Middle English noryssynge, Middle English–1500s norishynge, Middle English–1500s norisshinge, Middle English–1500s norisshynge, Middle English–1500s norysshyng, Middle English–1600s norishing, 1500s noryshynge, 1500s norysshynge; Scottish pre-1700 noressing, pre-1700 norising. β. late Middle English nurisching, late Middle English nurischyng, late Middle English nurischynge, late Middle English nurrisshing, late Middle English nuryschynge, late Middle English nurysshyng, 1500s nuryschyng, 1500s nurysshynge; Scottish pre-1700 neuresing, pre-1700 nuresene, pre-1700 nuresing, pre-1700 nuressing, pre-1700 nurischeing, pre-1700 nurisching, pre-1700 nurishing, pre-1700 nurising, pre-1700 nurisinge, pre-1700 nurissing, pre-1700 nurysing, pre-1700 nvrisching, pre-1700 nvrissing, pre-1700 nwreising. γ. late Middle English–1500s nourisshyng, late Middle English–1500s nourisshynge, 1500s nouryshynge, 1500s nourysshinge, 1500s nourysshyng, 1500s nourysshynge, 1500s nowrysshyng, 1500s– nourishing; Scottish pre-1700 novrysing, pre-1700 nowresing, pre-1700 nowrisching, pre-1700 nowrising, 1800s– nourishing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nourish v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < nourish v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare nurshing n., nourishment n. 1. That which nourishes; nourishment, nutriment. Also figurative. Now Irish English. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment foodOE fosterc1000 fodnethOE flittinga1225 livenotha1225 nourishingc1300 sustenancec1300 livelihoodc1325 nurture1340 fosteringc1386 livingc1405 nouriturea1425 nutriment?a1425 nutrition?a1425 lifehood1440 reliefa1450 nourishmentc1450 nurshingc1450 sustentationc1450 nutrimentc1485 alimenta1500 sustainmenta1500 bielda1522 creature1540 suck1584 mantiniment1588 fosterment1593 the three M's1938 α. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 740 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 320 Ase it were a-manere lijf þat sent norischingue To þe limes. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 (MED) Me zayþ þet mete is þe miȝuoller þanne he heþ ynoȝ of myȝte and of norissinge. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 211^v To moche dryenesse makeþ þe poores schrynke so þat norischynge may nought passe and feede to norisshe þe tree. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. xi. 125 Thise herbes and thise trees..drawen alle here norysschynges by here rootes. ?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 108 (MED) Þe veynes myȝte go doun by þe semys of þe brayn panne, berynge norosschynge to þe same brayn. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 100 Mete, drinke, cloþe... Graunte me to use suche norisshinges temperatly. β. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 87b (MED) A Nurischynge: Alitus, Alimen, fomentum, Alimentum, Alimonia, fomen..nutrimentum.c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxi. 105 Water..gyfis na nurising till man na beste.a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 45 This is the fud and werray nurising of the saule.γ. c1480 (a1400) Prol. 2 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 1 Þat Idilnes giffis novrysingis to vicis.1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 16 Biefe of Englande to Englysshemen, whiche are in helth, bringeth stronge nouryshynge.1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) xxxviii. 115 Silence to dolour is ane nowrisching.1610 R. Hill Pathway to Prayer (ed. 4) 141 But so much of each, as may giue both nourishing and cheering to my body.1977 T. Murphy Famine iii. 41 'Tisn't the sweetest smelling... But there's nourishing in it... 'Tisn't too much cooked but 'twill last longer in the stomach that way. 2. The action of nourish v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] nourishingc1325 nurturec1330 afaitementc1400 nurseryc1400 nortelryc1405 alterage?c1450 nouriturec1450 rulec1525 upbringingc1525 education1527 nourituring1555 nutriture1567 breeding1577 nurturing1578 nuzzling1586 rearing1611 frame1632 seasoning1649 nurtureship1837 child-rearing1842 paedotrophy1857 raising1929 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] furtheringc1000 advancementc1325 nourishingc1325 speedingc1400 promotion1425 vauncingc1426 furtherancec1440 expedition1445 preferment1454 further1526 profection1533 towardliness1553 maturation1584 comforting1605 forwarding1635 advance1642 promotement1661 forwardness1741 fosterage1816 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant sockc1000 suck13.. nourishingc1325 nursing?1533 lactation1668 suckling1842 breastfeeding1858 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying usea1382 purveyancea1387 administration?a1425 application?a1425 ministration?a1425 purveying1442 findingc1449 administering1468 liveryc1475 storing1494 furnishing1496 nourishinga1530 ministering1530 conference1545 applial1548 affording1574 supplying1586 supplyment1589 accommodation1612 suppeditation1612 furniturea1649 supplial1738 purveyal1877 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] nourishmentc1330 nurshinga1382 nurshmenta1382 sustenance1389 nutrition?a1425 nutrure?c1450 sustentation1452 nutrifaction?1503 education1533 feeding1547 nourishing1560 nutriture1568 cherishment1593 subsistence1615 nutrication1623 alimentation1626 keeping1644 alition1650 alumnation1658 focillation1658 aliture1721 altion1721 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] rearinga1398 nourishing1615 conservation1646 zoosophy1662 culture1744 cultivation1791 zoogeny1826 zootechny1841 stock-keeping1844 ranching1851 conditioning1861 zootechnics1863 zooculture1873 zootrophy1877 animaliculture1879 mothering1922 stockmanship1959 α. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4900 Þis children were wel ȝonge ysend..to gode norrissinge. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 23 (MED) Yis is here entent, to make non ordinaunce..but only in worshepe of godd and seynt cristofore, and norisshyng of loue and charitee. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Exodus xxxv. 14 The candelstik to susteyne the liȝtes, the vessels of it, and lanternes and oyle to the norishyng of fyres. 1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 506/1 It is pleasyng to God that all his Creatures be sette in vertuous occupations and labour..to the norisshyng of vertue. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. 772 (MED) Oon thyng greveth God more—To swere bi oure lady, his blessed modre In whos wombe he rested full yore, And by hir naturall noresshyng is oure fleisshly brothir. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 98 He ordeynid for fostering & noreshing of this childe iij norisis. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ciii. [xcix.] 299 I thynke they shall be skrymysshed withall, for that is the lyfe and norysshynge of men of warre and their passetyme. 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 91 Norishing is defined of the physicions [etc.]. β. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 1 Ye spend full wele your nurysshyng..þat of men makis b[estis].c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 21 (MED) It is necessari to ech such beest and to man forto haue a witt wherbi he may..knowe what nutryment..schulen be accordyng to his nurischyng.1477 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1885) VIII. 403 (note) For the service..done in the nurysing of oure said derrest sone.a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) i. ii. 36 The lake of necessarys, for nuryschyng and clothyng of the body.1598 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 507 The diligait feiding and nurischeing of sum personis with all sortis of wyld foull.1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem ii. f. 23^v Nvrisching of peace and love.γ. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. aij^v Ye must puruey yow, for the nourisshyng of your child.1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. a.ij^v He will put his owne child to nourisshynge to another woman.a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCi^v She wrought naturally as other mothers doth, to his nourysshynge & conseruacyon.1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xliv. f. 206^v Radegonde, a Gentlewoman..had the charge, of the bringing vp and nourishing of Adelasia, from her Infancie.1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 213 The people about Sidon are greatly giuen to the nourishing of cattell.a1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1680) ii. §4 A law..acquitted the son from nourishing of his father.1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iii. 29 The nourishing of plants by water, is an evidence that salt and oil are parts of their food.1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees v. 89 Mr Craig..remonstrated with Mr Daff on the unchristian nature of the proposal, stigmatizing it with good emphasis, ‘as a sinful nourishing of carnality in his day and generation’.1874 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Apr. 382 In the case of men of long standing in Christian life, its obvious tendency appears in the nourishing of a condition which seems to us a sort of refined spiritual selfishness.1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiii. 143 An harmony, then, to flow, as morrow's milk; To comfort and to nourishing of men's souls.1985 A. C. Graham Reason & Spontaneity (BNC) 5 The nourishing of the body by food and the danger to the health of over-eating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nourishingadj. Brit. /ˈnʌrᵻʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnərɪʃɪŋ/, /ˈnʊrɪʃɪŋ/ Forms: see nourish v. and -ing suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 nourisand, pre-1700 nvrissand. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nourish v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < nourish v. + -ing suffix². Compare nourishant adj., nurshing adj. That nourishes something; giving or affording nourishment; sustaining. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > nourishing nourishing1340 marrowya1382 nutrimentala1398 feeding1398 marroweda1400 nourishanta1400 nurshing?c1425 nutritivec1450 nutrativec1487 nourishable1496 hearty?1550 battling1555 nurturable1579 alimental1586 nutrible1607 alimentary1608 nutrimentive1610 refective1611 battlesome1627 alible1653 nurturing?a1659 alimentous1659 alimonious1659 polytrophic1659 nutrient1661 nutritious1665 alimentarious1671 foodful1735 nutritionarya1852 nutritional1858 nutraceutical1990 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 95 (MED) Þyse þri þinges byeþ nyeduolle to alle þe þinges þet in þe erþe wexeþ: Guod molde, wocnesse norissynde, and renable hete. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 251 In fatte lond and wel y-donged groweþ fatte whete..& is more norisschinge þan is þe whete þ^t growiþ in lene londe. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 66 (MED) Norisschinge blode is borne to alle þe members..þoruȝ mediacioun off þes veynes. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 41 A cowe yeueth mylke, the which is swete and norisschynge. c1450 Treat. Fishing in J. McDonald et al. Origins of Angling (1963) 137 He must..ete norysching metes & defyabul. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Giv^v A pyt wherin the nourysshynge blode commynge fro the liuer is dygered. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 126 Fra wynis and al weill nurissing meitis and drinkis. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise 239 [To] fil thair bellies with nourisand meats. 1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling (1672) viii. 219 Covetousness is the nourishing root of all evil. 1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners i. i. 1 Yes faith, the meat and drink was nourishing enough. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 76 The Grass more strengthening and nourishing for the Cattle. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iv. 271 Long be your Eggs, far sweeter than the round, Cock-Eggs they are, more nourishing and sound. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 248 Oils, fat, sugar, alcohol, and other substances, which have a great affinity to oxygene, are very nourishing. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 379 The whole plant is a wholesome and nourishing food for cattle, and is gathered in Sussex for fattening hogs, and hence called Hog-weed. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 170/2 A woman is popularly said to be corn-fed when stout and plump—an allusion to the nourishing qualities of this kind of food. 1905 E. Tuite Dishes for All Seasons 99 When cold it will turn out a firm and nourishing jelly. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 9/3 Strips of gauze dipped in some nourishing lotion will not only help to keep the skin taut, but will feed the starving tissues. 1986 R. Frame Long Weekend (1988) 19 They choose sensible, nourishing dishes from the menu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300adj.1340
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