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单词 sad
释义

sadadj.n.adv.

Brit. /sad/, U.S. /sæd/
Forms: Old English sad- (inflected form), Old English–early Middle English sæd, early Middle English sað (transmission error), early Middle English sead, early Middle English sed, early Middle English seed, Middle English saad, Middle English said, Middle English zed (south-eastern), Middle English–1500s sadd, Middle English–1500s sadde, Middle English–1600s sade, Middle English– sad, 1800s– zad (English regional (Berkshire)); Scottish pre-1700 sadd, pre-1700 sadde, pre-1700 sade, pre-1700 said, pre-1700 1700s– sad, 1800s saud, 1800s– sod.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Old Dutch sat (Middle Dutch sat , zat , Dutch zat ), Old Saxon sad (Middle Low German sat ), Old High German sat (Middle High German sat , German satt ), Old Icelandic saðr (rare; superseded by saddr , past participle of the derived verb seðja to satiate), Gothic saþs (all in sense A. 1) < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin sat , satis enough, satur satisfied, full, Early Irish sáith (noun) sufficiency, Lithuanian sotus filling, full, also (with prefixation in ἀ- a- prefix6) ancient Greek ἄατος insatiate, all showing a derivative formation (apparently originally a participial formation corresponding to ancient Greek forms in -τός , classical Latin -tus ; compare old adj., cold adj.) of an Indo-European base meaning ‘to satisfy’ also represented by ancient Greek ἆσαι (aorist) to satiate (connection with Sanskrit asinva(nt), of uncertain meaning, is doubtful). Compare also (with different ablaut grade) Gothic sōþ (also soþs) satisfaction, gasōþjan to satisfy.The semantic development in branch A. II. is apparently peculiar to English. This is now the usual sense in English; the sense of ‘having had one's fill; satisfied’ (the usual sense shared by the Germanic cognates) is now often expressed instead by words deriving ultimately < classical Latin satis (see e.g. satiate adj., satiety n.). With sense A. 8b compare early modern German satt (late 16th cent. in this sense). With sense A. 9a compare early modern German satt (16th cent. in this sense). Sense A. 10a apparently developed from the sense ‘satisfied, full’ to ‘saturated’ and hence ‘(of colour) dark, deep’; compare Middle Dutch sat (Dutch zat ) and German satt (compare Old High German satcrā dark grey, satarōt (Middle High German sat-rōt ) dark red, Middle High German sat-blā (German sattblau ) dark blue). In later use in English apparently apprehended as being a development of branch A. II. Perhaps also attested early as a surname (sense uncertain): Henricus Sadde (1222), Ralph Sad (1273); although for an alternative derivation compare Old French, Middle French, French †sade pleasant, agreeable (12th cent.; < classical Latin sapidus sapid adj.).
A. adj.
I. Of persons and immaterial things: satisfied, full; steady, serious.
1. Having had one's fill; satisfied, sated; weary or tired (of something). Chiefly with of or infinitive. Obsolete.In Old English with genitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > satiated or surfeited
sadOE
fullc1300
asadc1306
satiate1440
saturatea1450
glutteda1586
overcloyed1589
surfeit1597
cloyed1599
palled1607
jaded1631
sated1640
OE Riddle 5 2 Ic eom anhaga iserne wund, bille gebennad, beadoweorca sæd, ecgum werig.
OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxvii. 29 Swiðe ætan and sade wurdan, and hiora lusta lifdan hwile.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 75 Ich nam noht giet sad of mine sinnes, and forþi ne mai ich hie noht forlete, ac oðer ich mai ben sed þeroff, and þanne ich wille hem forleten.
a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 3 (MED) Heo neuer ne beoð sead þi ueir to iseonne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4662 Claudien þe kæisere sað [read sad] wes of þon compe.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 9 Now men beþ al sad [L. modernorum saturitatem].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 23436 Þof þat þou euer apon him se, Of him sadd [a1400 Coll. Phys. said, a1400 Trin. Cambr. wery] sal þou neuer be.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 877 Yet of that Art they kan nat wexen sadde ffor vn-to hem it is a bitter sweete.
c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 1265 (MED) Al our lyf..Ys but a maner exile here, Of which he ought to be sad.
a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 716 (MED) To serve hym was there no man sad.
2.
a. Settled, firmly established in purpose or condition; steadfast, firm, constant. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established
rootfastlOE
stablec1290
institutec1325
sad1340
firmc1374
rooteda1393
stabledc1400
substantialc1449
well-foundeda1450
surec1475
standing1549
afloat1551
well-established1559
steadyc1571
naturalized1590
erected1603
established1642
instituted1647
settled1649
riveted1652
radicate1656
inrooted1660
institute1668
statuminated1674
planted1685
stablished1709
deep-seated1741
founded1771
set-up1856
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 83 Non ne is aryȝt preus..þet ne ys..zed and stable uor to uolȝy.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1371 (MED) Al saxoyne was set wiþ wel sadde lawes.
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. x. 89 Þer may no man doute þat þer nys som blisfulnesse þat is sad [L. solidam] stedfast and perfit.
a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 38 When saynt John herd..how sad trowth in þam was sett, He knelid to grownd, & for joy gret.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4784 (MED) Ther may no prince in his estate endure, Ne ther-yn any while stande sad, But he be loued.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 234 (MED) Sho sall be to þe a sadde frende.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 64 (MED) Þat her graunt shold be sure & sad, she strengthid hit with her seele.
1493 Festivall (1515) 75 b Be ye stable & sadde in the fayth.
1553 T. Becon Relikes of Rome (1563) 175 b All christen people that will be saued, must haue sad beliefe in the holy Sacrament.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn8 More eath to number, with how many eyes High heuen beholdes sad louers nightly theeueryes.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 541 Settl'd in his face I see Sad resolution and secure. View more context for this quotation
b. Strong, firm, standing fast, esp. in battle; capable of resisting; valiant. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective]
well-doingeOE
orpedOE
eglechea1250
hendc1275
i-wihtc1275
valiantc1330
valiantc1330
sadc1384
wighty14..
bounteousa1440
valorous1477
warlike1488
valorous1490
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust
strongeOE
hardOE
stalworthc1175
starka1250
stiff1297
steel to the (very) backa1300
stalworthyc1300
wightc1300
stable13..
valiant1303
stithc1325
toughc1330
wrast1338
stoura1350
sadc1384
wighty14..
derfc1440
substantialc1460
well-jointed1483
felon1487
robust1490
stalwart1508
stoutya1529
robustous?1531
rankc1540
hardy1548
robustious1548
stout1576
rustical1583
rustic1620
iron1638
robustic1652
swankinga1704
strapping1707
rugged1731
solid1741
vaudy1793
flaithulach1829
ironbark1833
swankie1838
tough as (old) boots or leather1843
skookum1847
hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862
hard-assed1954
nails1974
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xv. 1 Forsothe, we saddere [L. nos firmiores] owen for to susteyne..the feblenesse of syke men.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxxiv. 16 Y schal make sad that that was sijk.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 106 And it [sc. the diamond] maketh a man more strong & more sad aȝenst his enemyes.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3289 The secunde sir..Was sekerare to my sighte, and saddare in armes.
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4876 Noble knightes ten, Stronge, hable, and light, men sad and myghty.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 22 Than pollux full pertly aprochet in hast With seuyn hundrith sad men assemblit hym with ffrochit into þe frount & a fray made.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. P.iv Onto Eneas Troian prince this valiant captain sadde Did place him self as peere.
3.
a. Of looks, appearance: dignified, grave, serious. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > of appearance
sada1375
serious1601
solemna1616
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 228 Of lere ne of lykame lik him nas none, ne of so sad a semblant þat euer he say wiþ eiȝyen.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 887 þe aldermen so sadde of chere, Her songe þay songen neuer þe les.
c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 860 And whiche eyen my lady hadde! Debonaire, goode, glade, and sadde.
?1555 Ld. Morley tr. Petrarch Tryumphes sig. Hv Thus sayinge with a sadde sobre countenaunce She sat her downe my ioye and my pleasaunce And made me syt by hyr euen there.
a1627 W. Fowler tr. Petrarch Triumphs in Wks. (1914) I. 70 Her countenance, sad, sober, and so grawe.
1656 W. Lower tr. P. Corneille Horatius ii. ii. 15 But why this sad countenance and this severe look? doth the choice displease you?
1701 E. Sherburne tr. Seneca Phædra & Hippolytus ii. i, in tr. Seneca Trag. 154 Mirth is the Ornament of youthful Years, Sad Looks and Gravity become Grey Hairs.
1798 W. L. Bowles Sonnets (ed. 6) 30 Their brow, besprent with thin hairs, white as snow,..Whilst on their sad looks smilingly, they bear The trace of creeping age.
b. Of a person: orderly and regular in life; of trustworthy character and judgement; grave, serious. Also, in extended use, of a person's behaviour or age, of a period of time, etc. Often coupled with wise or discreet. In later use archaic or regional (chiefly Scottish and Caribbean).
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective]
soothfastc825
truefastOE
i-treowec1000
unfakenOE
trueOE
sickerc1100
trigc1175
strustya1250
steel to the (very) backa1300
true as steela1300
certainc1325
well-provedc1325
surec1330
traistc1330
tristc1330
trustya1350
faithfula1382
veryc1385
sada1387
discreet1387
trust1389
trothfulc1390
tristya1400
proveda1425
good-heartedc1425
well-trusted?a1439
tristfulc1440
authorizablea1475
faithworthy?1526
tentik1534
fidele1539
truthfulc1550
suresby1553
responsible1558
trestc1560
reliable1569
cocksurea1575
sound1581
trustful1582
truepenny1589
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
probable1596
confident1605
trustable1606
axiopistical1611
loyala1616
reposeful1627
confiding1645
fiducial1647
laudable1664
safe1667
accountable1683
serious1693
sponsible1721
dependable1730
unfailing1798
truthya1802
trustworthy1829
all right1841
stand-up1841
falsehood-free1850
right1856
proven1872
bankable1891
secure1954
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]
faireOE
wortheOE
worthlyeOE
worthfulOE
menskful?c1225
toldc1275
digne1297
of price?a1300
worshiply1340
worthya1350
menska1375
thriftyc1374
worshipfula1375
worthilya1375
honesta1382
honourablec1384
unshamedc1384
sada1387
of reputationc1390
well-nameda1393
reverent1398
worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400
celebrable?c1400
honouredc1400
worshipablec1425
substantialc1449
undefameda1450
unreviled?1457
honorousa1500
reputed?1532
well-thought-ona1533
well-spoken1539
credible1543
undespised?1548
imitable1550
famous1555
undistained1565
undefame1578
untarred1579
well-reputed1583
unsoiledc1592
dishonourless1595
well-deemed1595
nameworthy1598
regardful1600
indisgraced1606
credenta1616
undishonoureda1616
unscandalized1618
unscandalous1618
unslandered1622
untainted1627
dignousa1636
undisparaged1636
considerable1641
unbranded1641
glorifiable1651
reputable1671
unsullied1743
unstigmatized1778
undisgraced1812
unstained1863
well-thought-of1865
uncompromised1882
scandal-proof1904
cred1987
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 29 He was..so sad [?a1475 anon. tr. of so sadde conversacion; L. tantæ..soliditatis] from his childhode, he chaunged nevere he [v.r. his] semblant for sorwe noþer for ioye.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) l. 37 In Surrye whilom dwelte a compaignye Of chapmen riche and ther to sadde and trewe.
1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 338/2 Ye Kyng shall..come to sadder yeres of discretion.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 98 He shold behote, afore good men and sadde in wycombe, openly.
1487 Rolls of Parl. (2005) VI. 402/2 xij. sadde and discrete persones of the chekk roll of the kyngis honerable housold.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Nvv A sad & an honest matrone [L. grauis et honesta matrona].
1562 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 292 The..wyseste Baylliffs and other sadd and discreate cytezens.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 133 What woman nowe a dayes (that is sadde and wyse) will be knowne to haue skill of Dauncing, &c.?
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Zz3v Of this wisedome it seemeth some of the auncient Romanes in the saddest and wisest times were professors. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 71 The solid, and sad man, is not troubled with the floods and ebbes of Fortune.
1699 H. Curson Compend. Laws Eng., Scotl. & Ireland 324 They, or any of them have Authority to Inquire by 12 Sad Men, and Discreet Persons of the Cheque Roll.
1852 A. Christie Mountain Strains 99 Where a' the wives are sad an' douce.
1904 M. R. James Ghost-stories Antiq. 93 The Women which were entrusted with the laying-out of the Corpse.., being both sad Persons and very well Respected in their Mournfull Profession.
1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk viii. 181 The word sad also lasts in an old-fashioned sense, that of stability..: a ‘sad man’ is a steady, dependable one.
c. Of thought, consideration, etc.: mature, serious, grave, considered. Obsolete (but cf. in sad earnest at Phrases 1).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]
seinec1330
sober1362
unfeastlyc1386
murec1390
unlaughter-milda1400
sadc1400
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
serious1440
solemnc1449
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
moy1487
demure1523
grave1549
staid1557
sage1564
sullen1583
weighty1602
solid1632
censoriousa1637
(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650
untriumphant1659
setc1660
agelastic1666
austere1667
humourless1671
unlaughing1737
smileless1740
untriflinga1743
untittering1749
steady1759
dun1797
antithalian1818
dreich1819
laughterless1825
unsmiling1826
laughless1827
unfestive1844
sober-sided1847
gleeless1850
unfarcical1850
mome1855
deedy1895
button-down1959
buttoned-down1960
straight-faced1975
c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 121 A man sleiȝliche kepiþ him fro þe charme of þe deuel..stoppinge oure on ere wiþ a sad þouȝt of oure laste ende.
1485 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 43 The said Maire, after sad and mature examinacion of the said recordes..decreed [etc.].
c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 24 And so, aftir sad deliberacion, he answerd the messangere yn this maner.
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 42 The said Maistres or Governours..aftre their sadd discretions,..shall [etc.].
1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 38 At least they may deigne this last motive the honour of a deep and sad thought or two.
1651 Bp. J. Hall Χειροθεσία 73 They are exceeding weighty and worthy of sad consideration.
1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal iii. xxi. 165 Such a dismal thing, As if you take it in consideration, Affords a subject of sad contemplation.
d. Profoundly or solidly learned (in something). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > very learned
ripeOE
deepc1175
profoundc1300
well-lettereda1387
well-groundeda1438
sad1523
well-knowledged1595
solid1600
well-tutored1600
accomplished1603
grounded1613
deep-read1639
scientissimous1650
1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 5 Those persons that be profounde, sad, & discrete, groundly lerned, and depely studied in Phisicke.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 25 A philosoffer..In þe Syense full sad of þe seuyn artes.
4. Unmistakable, certain; true, genuine. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective]
sutelc897
openeOE
plaina1398
sada1400
familiar1509
facile1531
lightsome1532
well-determined1560
pervial1595
uncurious1601
articulate1603
distinct1609
unmisinterpretablea1631
dilucida1640
limpid1649
dilucidate1651
unmysterious1663
incurious1664
elucidatea1670
accessible1681
distinguished1700
dilucidated1759
unmistakable1822
black and white1838
clear-cut1843
square on1963
a1400 W. Langland Piers Plowman (Corpus Cambr.) (1873) C. vi. l. 90 (MED) Sad parfitnesse.
a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (BL Add. 32578) (1907) l. 1146 (MED) Certayne ȝhe sall vs make On what wise ȝhe were raysed & howe, Þat ȝe þe sadde truthe till vs take.
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 2089 Som tyme saugh [I] thoo at ones A lesyng and a sad sothe sawe That gonne..thrawe Out to a wyndowe for to pace.
?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. xcii. f. 62v (MED) A man mai bi ȝifte of god han bi times a tastynge and a glemerynge of lif contemplatif..bute þe sadde felynge of it schal he nouȝt han.
II. Feeling sorrow or regret, and related uses. (Now the principal use.)
5.
a. Of a person, or his or her feelings, disposition, etc.: feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful, heavy-hearted.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
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a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 69 (MED) Monnes luue nys buten o stunde: nv he luueþ, nv he is sad.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 211 She was clepid auarice... Ful sade and caytif [Fr. megre et chetive] was she.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 188 Malancoly he was of complexioun,..Soroufull, sadde, ay dreidfull, but plesance.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 187 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Ay sorowfull and sad at evinsang & houris.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. EEv Consyderynge some persons to be ioconde and mery, some sadde and heuy.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lvi This Ambassade was sent..to visite & comforte the kyng, beyng sorowful & sad for the death of so good a quene & spouse.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. D.iiij But why speake ye so faintly, or why are ye so sad? R. Royster. Thou knowest the prouerbe, bycause I can not be had.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xl. 6 And Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, and behold, they were sad . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 18 Th' Angelic Guards ascended, mute and sad For Man. View more context for this quotation
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress i. 196 I was very sad, I think sader than at any one time in my life. View more context for this quotation
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 72 With sails outspread we fly th'unequal strife, Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.
1757 T. Gray Ode I ii. iii, in Odes 9 The sad Nine in Greece's evil hour.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 88 I felt a little sad at the thought.
a1878 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 63 I ought not to make you sadder, when you are sad enough already.
1908 G. K. Chesterton Man who was Thursday i. 7 Why do all the clerks and navvies in the railway trains look so sad and tired, so very sad and tired?
1956 N. Coward Diary 26 Feb. (2000) 310 She makes no bones about being upset and sad but she also sees my reasons clearly.
2003 Diva Aug. 56/2 I don't like losing my marbles, and I feel sad when I see others making a fool of themselves when they are extremely drunk.
b. Expressing or showing sorrow; (esp. of a look, tone, gesture, or feature) mournful.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the appearance or face
louring13..
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > [adjective] > of sorrowful appearance
sada1375
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 601 (MED) Melior..wiþ a sad sikyng seide to hire þanne, [etc.].
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2121 With a sad visage he siked stille.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5052 With sare sighingis & sadd for sake of his wirdis.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 According to my sable weid I mon haif sad maneris, Or thai will se all the suth.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. vi. 16 When ye fast, be not sad [1611 of a sad countenance] as ye ypocrytes are.
1637 J. Milton Comus 9 Where the love-lorne Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 221 A sad pale countenance.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 43 Them amidst With looks agast and sad he thus bespake. View more context for this quotation
1713 F. Bragge Undissembled & Persevering Relig. xi. 356 They put on a Down Look, and a Sad Countenance, and are always full of Sighs and Complaints.
1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 320 His sad inquiring eye.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. 135 On his sad brow nor mirth nor wine Could e'er one wrinkled knot untwine.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 99 Poor little Amelia, with rather a sad wistful face.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 280 The two dogs..whose droopeared and mild faces gazed with sad abjectness about at the weary, pale faces of man.
1955 ‘P. Dennis’ Auntie Mame 101 He..gave Auntie Mame a slow, sad smile displaying a fine set of choppers.
2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 110 Whenever I hear of this malign conspiracy I always think of my old maths teacher.., recalling his jug ears and sad eyes.
c. Causing or evoking sorrow; calamitous, distressing.In early use partly figurative from sense A. 8 ‘heavy’.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > causing sorrow or grief
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2651 (MED) Þe king bi-seget þe cite..& mani a sad sauȝt his sone þer-to made.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 189 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 227 [Of] þat sad ded þe ranowne sowne rane throw al þe towne.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 33 Him will he scurge with plagues sad and sair.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 59 in Wks. (1640) III A sadder chance hath given allay, Both to the Mirth, and Musicke of this day. View more context for this quotation
1654 T. Fuller 2 Serm. 8 It is not improbable this Psalm [sc. xi] might be composed on the sad murther of the Priests by Saul.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 135 With sad overthrow and foul defeat. View more context for this quotation
1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 24 It quickly appear'd how sad is the condition of a Gentleman without Learning.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 536. ¶2 'Tis sad so considerable a part of the Kingdom..should be of no manner of use.
1793 W. Cowper To Mary 33 Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII ix. 59 Of all tales 'tis the saddest—and more sad, Because it makes us smile.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 251 How sad it were for Arthur, should he live To sit once more within his lonely hall!
1920 W. S. Churchill Let. 26 Mar. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) x. 221 It is very sad that Bendor is laid up on his yacht at Toulon with diphtheria.
1989 M. Atwood Best Amer. Stories Introd. p. xxi His sad story of an alcoholic wife.
2006 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 4 Nov. (Features section) 3 [Thirty-three per cent of people] admitted to finding..Bambi and Watership Down their saddest films.
d. Of a period, place, action, etc.: characterized by sorrow, full of sorrow; (in early use esp.) hard, sore, bitter.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > characterized by sorrow
sadc1400
languorousc1475
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adjective] > expressing or betokening bitterness
sorec1200
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 525 Ne þe swetnesse of somer, ne þe sadde wynter.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 13 But nowe sadde Winter welked hath the day.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. 538 O lamentable fall of famous towne, Which raignd so many yeares victorious,..In one sad night consumd, and throwen downe.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 243 We passed a sad night in this place, and never had more need of Job his patience then heere.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 252 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors This was the saddest night we had in all our Voyage.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 478 Immediately a place Before his eyes appeard, sad, noysom, dark, A Lazar-house it seemd. View more context for this quotation
1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. i. 12 'Tis a sad Life, Sir, for a Woman to have no Help from her Husband in Things that are good.
1752 R. Erskine Christ’s Love-suit Reinforced & Repeated 4 Sad and heavy Times may pass over the Lord's People.
1774 G. Colman Man of Business i. 5 Another great house in the city stopt payment yesterday... Sad times, Mr. Fable!
1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 201 His was one of the saddest lots I have ever known in life.
1888 J. R. Lowell Heartsease & Rue 149 It gives me a sad pleasure to remember that I was encouraged in this project by my friend the late Arthur Hugh Clough.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 60/3 The saddest day I have ever known was that one on which the letter came from Tom, written long before his death.
1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes 144 Ireland's national dances, the jig, the reel, the dances that men and women fought and died for down those sad centuries.
6. Used as a general expression of censure, depreciation, or regret. Originally: exceptionally bad, deplorable, shameful. Later (also): unfortunate, regrettable, sorry, miserable.Sometimes merely as an intensifier.
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation
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the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [adjective] > regrettable
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1664 S. Pepys Diary 22 May (1971) V. 155 Thence, after staying and seeing the throng of people to attend the King to chapel; but Lord, what a company of sad idle people they are.
1672 E. Fowler Dirt Wipt Off 29 If he ever considered those descriptions, and if he did not, what a sad Creature is he to undertake..but to inveigh against them.
1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Amphitryon v. i, in tr. Plautus Comedies 60 I am the saddest shiftless creature upon earth.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 71 A sad poore thatch'd place.
1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. viii. 9 Our Polly is a sad Slut!
a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 252 Red brick should not be used [for scouring fire-irons] for it makes sad work.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxxvii. 182 Heaven knows what cash he got or blood he spilt, A sad old fellow was he, if you please.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III vi, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 244/1 All Peter did on this occasion Was, writing some sad stuff in prose.
1835 J. MacDonald in W. K. Tweedie Life J. MacDonald (1849) iii. 249 I am a sad coward.
1892 Daily News 25 Jan. 5/3 Unpolished granite..is a sad harbourer of soot and dust.
1908 M. Moore Let. 12 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 51 In England things are in a very sad way apparently as concerns the rank and file.
1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex (Buildings of Eng.) 164 The rustic cottage, the sham bridge, the shell bench have all gone, and the Chapel in the Wood is in sad decay.
1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Nov. 1274 A sad jumble of stylistic solecisms and illogical conclusions.
2006 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 17 July It's a sad state of affairs when the best wicketkeeper and the best spinner in the country can't get a game as wicketkeeper and spinner.
7. slang (depreciative). Esp. of a person: pathetically inadequate or unfashionable; socially undesirable or inept. Cf. saddo n., sad sack n.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > boring or socially inept person
sad1934
anoraked1960
dorky1970
dorked-out1974
propeller-headed1987
anoraky1988
anorakish1992
1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra iv. 102 There were certain sad birds among the girls... But it was also understood by every hostess that a popular, attractive young man should not be designated the escort of any but popular, attractive girls.
1938 I. Edman Philosopher's Holiday 97 If you go in for that kind of thing, they think you're rather sad... Sad is..the opposite of tops.
1989 ‘G. Naylor’ Red Dwarf 232 Do you really think I'm the sort of pathetic, sad, weasly kind of person who could get erotically aroused by looking at paintings of matronly breasts?
1994 Guardian 9 Aug. ii. 12/4 They find that they are communicating with the kind of sad anorak-wearers they would never have encountered in real life.
2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Mar. 62 I love rummaging, and used to list jumble sales as one of my hobbies. (Sad I know.)
III. In various physical senses, principally developed from branch A. I.
8. Of material objects.
a. Firmly fixed or established, stable. Obsolete. N.E.D. (1909) records this sense as being ‘Obs. exc. dial.’, but without any documentation showing regional use.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established > of material objects
sada1333
a1333 William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 140 Þyse wordle he made..Ine daȝes sixe..So þat hyt was god and sad.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. ii. 19 The sad [L. firmum] foundement of God stondith.
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 258 (MED) Þenne he seos Ihesu crist in a sad Roode.
c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 617 Beo a staf stondeþ sad, Whon ȝe fongen flesch in godes hous. Þat staf is Cristes Crouche.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 305 (MED) St[r]ength suld non haf had, to perte þam þorgh oute, So wer þei set sad with poyntes rounde aboute.
c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 368 To þe whiche byleve trewe men, leeuynge as to a sadde foundemente, hauen..certeynte þere-of.
1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. G.vii A wyse man that bildeth his house vpon a stone, that is a stable and a sadde grounde.
b. Solid; dense, compact; massive, heavy. Also figurative. Now rare (regional in later use).In early use frequently ‘solid, as opposed to hollow’; cf. sad iron n., sadware n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective]
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fastOE
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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1072 (MED) No strengþe him wiþstod of sad stonen walles.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 198 With iren nayles sad..his fete was schod.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5578 Two grete ymages..of golde sad.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6907 For sadde burdons that men taken Make folkes shuldris aken.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xxxviii. 7 Thilke auter was not sad [L. solidum], but holowe.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 223 In feyth it is An hevy ston, Ryth sad of weyth and hevy of peys.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xi. 47 The schaft was sad and sound, and weill ybaik.
?a1525 (c1450) Christ's Burial & Resurrection ii. l. 1328 in F. J. Furnivall Digby Plays (1896) 215 The wordes of Andrewe beyn sadd & ponderose.
1565 W. Humfrey Let. 28 Aug. in R. H. Tawney & E. Power Tudor Econ. Documents (1924) I. v. 243 Woorks of gold and sylver to be cast sad or hollowe.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. i. 220/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The flesh of buls..is of sadder substance and therefore much heauier as it lieth in the scale.
1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 29 This kind of timber..growes so sad and hard that it cannot rot.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 153 Short barley-strawe..is the best for stoppinge of holes..because it is sadder and not soe subjeckt to blowe out with everie blast of winde, as other light and dry strawe is.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 52 Nay, the very soft Water..doth so compress and sadden them by its weight, that the very Roads that are continually beaten with Horses and Carriages, are not so firm and sad.
1790 A. Tait Poems 287 Beef, pork and mutton was their cheer Meet firm and sad.
1897 Rep. Brit. Assoc. V. 464 The meal is beetlt doon i' the meal-ark till it is firm an' sad.
c. Solid as opposed to liquid. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective]
sadc1384
unliquid1547
stone1608
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. v. 13 To whom is nede of mylk, and not sad mete [L. solido cibo].
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 259 (MED) Þer mete was þer bileve þat þei hadden of sadde þingis, and þer drynke was þer bileve þat þei hadden of moist þingis.
a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 53 Flesche oweþ to be lefte alle the tyme of Quadragesime, and that as wele sad flesche as tendre or meltyd.
c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1903) II. Heb. v. 12 To quhilkis is nede of mylk, and nocht sadde mete.
d. Of soil: stiff, heavy; difficult to work.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > dense
sad?1440
stiff?1523
pinnya1684
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tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 173 (MED) Vynes preueth best yf they Be sette anoon aftir the spade or plough, Er then the lond be woxen sadde or tough.
c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 912 For to sowe and to sette in þe sad erthe.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xviii. 702 Nauets and turneps delight in a light and fine mould, and not in a churlish and sad ground.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 66 Chalky Lands are naturally cold and sad.
1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 44 The Clay-land..is the toughest, or most tenacious, and the most dense of all our Soils; upon this Account, on the Thrapston Side, they call it Sad-land.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 192 Sad, applied to stiff clay soil.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) Land is sad when the frosts of winter have not mellowed it.
a1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 198/2 [S. Nottingham] On light land if the soil een't sad enough, a should sadden it with a Croskill roll.
1958 H. G. Sanders Outl. Brit. Crop Husbandry (ed. 3) 150 If September is wet the field may settle down to a ‘sad’ condition and a drag harrow, or even a cultivator, may be advisable to loosen it.
2002 Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 11 May 1 d Humus is a virtual cure-all for sad soils. It fights compaction and enables plants to put down deep roots.
e. Of a number of persons or things: forming a compact body. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering closely together > gathered closely together
clusteredc1400
sadc1450
constellated1638
constellatea1657
undistributed1869
retractile1881
clumped1887
nucleated1897
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2614 Þe multitude ware to me meruaile to reken, Þat sammed was on aiþir side many sadd thousand.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5559 Þai sett in a sadd sowme & sailid his kniȝtis.
c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne 119 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 863 (MED) Of sadde leues of þe wode wrowȝte he hem wedes.
f. Of pastry, dough, etc.: that has failed to rise, heavy. Now chiefly regional.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > light or heavy
light?c1425
livered1688
sad1688
well-risen1728
dunch1824
heavy1828
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > [adjective] > qualities of pastry
light?c1425
shortc1430
sad1688
well-risen1728
heavy1828
flaky1837
strudel1893
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 317/1 Bakers Terms in their Art... Sad, heavy, close Bread.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Sad, heavy, particularly applied to bread, as contrary to light.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) xiii. 191 It makes the crust sad, and is a great hazard of the pie running.
1836 C. Hooton Adventures Bilberry Thurland I. vii. 140 At the bottom of all..lay about half an acre of sad and heavy Yorkshire pudding, like a leaden pancake.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 82/1 Let him place the accessaries on the table lest what is insipid and clammy, and (as housewives with great propriety call it) sad, grow into duller accretion and inerter viscidity the more I masticate it.
1889 J. H. Skrine Mem. E. Thring 51 Of what meagre straw and doughy brick was our weekly batch! It was what bakers call ‘sad’.
1949 E. Webber Backwoods Teacher 204 That there cake of mine is mightly sad (heavy) lookin'.
1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vii. 250 To prevent it being sad, the cake had to be raised with a considerable amount of ale-barm.
2003 Barrie (Ont.) Examiner (Nexis) 3 Oct. b5 If you mix too much, the carbon dioxide bubbles escape and you get a sad, flat biscuit.
9.
a. Of a blow: heavy, delivered with vigour. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2775 (MED) He..set hire a sad strok so sore in þe necke, þat sche top ouer tail tombled ouer þe hacches.
c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval 1335 When þe sowdane and i bene mett, A sadde stroke i sall one hym sett.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 797 And there they daysshed togyders many sad strokys.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ff.iiv But I my swerd in my hand had Strykynge at hym with strokes sad.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 22 One caupet with hym kenely..And set hym a sad dynt.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 222 The strampe of Mr Patrickis was so sade wpoun his brotheris footte.
a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 100 With a great Mace in his hand he laid such sad strokes about him, that none came within his reach but he went downe to the ground.
1677 J. Glanvil in G. Rust Two Disc. sig. A6v That sad stroke to all the Lovers of Religion and Learning.
1706 Mare of Collingtoun in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1977) I. 440 He thought that she had been dead: For he had hit her on the head A sad stroak and a sicker.
b. Of a fire: violent. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [adjective] > strong or brisk
sada1450
quick1604
rousing1654
strong1765
brisk1830
a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 1911 Hurre thouȝt þat hurre chaufere..Was set ouer a feure bothe gret & sadde.
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) 102 Our brave Enemy..whose very breath..could snatch a well broyl'd soule from the sad flame Of Purgatory, from the sulph'rous flashes Of hells hot Suburbs.
a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 426 His Dung is made Dry fewell, fagots now to burn this blade His Urin is Secur'de and boyld up..In that Sad flame Gods terrours too within.
1735 Clergyman's Daughter's New Ann. Bk. 4 Had but ten righteous men in Sodom dwelt, Sad fire and brimstone they had never felt.
c. Of rain: heavy. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy
steepc1330
pissingc1475
thightc1480
pouring1577
pashing1581
sad1590
steep-down1601
solid1621
even down1622
sluicy1697
pelting1710
buck1732
steeping1774
peppering1827
sluicing1847
torrential1849
peltering1858
plumping1879
teeming1880
lashing1885
monsoonish1886
sheeting1940
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. 25 As a thonder-bolt..doth displace The soring clouds into sad showres ymolt.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 30 Heaven it self at that instant weeping so abundantly, that I never saw a sadder raine and of lesse continuance.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. vii. 7 In a sad showre of Rain.
a1652 R. Brome Queen & Concubine iv. ix. 107 in Five New Playes (1659) Now a fit showre of sad distilling Rain, And by and by the Sun breaks forth again.
10.
a. Of colour: dark, deep. In later use esp.: not cheerful-looking; neutral, dull, sombre.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > dark
wana1000
swartOE
darkOE
under-dark1382
sad1415
swartish1483
sable?a1513
dark-coloured?1523
swarth?1527
fuskish1563
swarty1572
saturnine1581
sable-suiteda1592
sable visaged1608
gloomy1632
sable-vested1667
fuscous1671
umbratile1678
sable-hooded1770
gangrenous1794
burnt1897
bead-dark1937
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull
fadec1290
wannish?a1412
obscure1490
sada1539
dull1552
smoky1576
sober1603
dead1640
dirty1665
invivid1669
dusty1676
saddisha1678
austere1680
worn-out1731
sombrous1792
sombre1805
toneless1833
lacklustre1843
1415 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 382 (MED) j lectum de worstede, de light blewe et sadde blewe.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 695 And where be my gounes of scarlet, Sanguyn, murreye, & blewes sadde & lighte.
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) 1 Þe iiij dowterys schul be clad in mentelys,..Trewthe in sad grene, and Pes al in blake.
a1539 in Archaeologia (1882) 47 53 Noo more to use rede stomachers but other sadder colers in the same.
1578 W. Hunnis Hyue Full of Hunnye xxxvii. 92 Colours lyght and sad.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xxii. 802 Russet wines. In the number wherof are contained the red wines, or sad, and light red.
1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vi. sig. O1v The second Summer this light yellow is changed to a sad.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 936 Long and slender shanks of a very sad black colour.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 201 First of a dark greenish colour, growing sadder by degrees as the plant decays, till it approaches a black.
1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 241 [Tulip] of a sad Red-colour about the Edges, whipped with Crimson.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §18. 64 Sad and fuscous colours, as black, or brown, or deep purple.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 311 Dubbing, of the down of a sad grey cat, or sad grey camel's hair.
1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 241 The leaves are of a sad green, sharply notched, and divided in three lobes.
1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 101 Sad greys and browns.
1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel iii She had always..been dressed in sad colors.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 102 The general colouring was uniform and sad.
1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. ii. 190 A thousand fields hung in the vast hammocks of the hills, dun, or frosted, or a sad green, or jersey-green in the gusty sunlight.
2003 Quilter's Newsletter Mag. Mar. 46/2 The simpler reds..ranged from red-orange through brick red to wine, the shades that dyers called ‘sad reds’.
b. Esp. of clothing or fabric: of such a shade; dark-coloured; sombre. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured
darkeOE
blackeOE
browna1000
swartOE
wanOE
murka1325
darkish?c1425
duska1450
dusketly1486
sad?1504
duskish1530
base1539
dusky1558
swarthy1577
darksome1598
smutty1648
subfusc?1705
infuscated1727
murky1759
subfuscous1762
sable1791
sombrous1799
obfuscous1822
sombre1829
wine-dark1855
murkish1869
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.iiiv We had ben but a lytell whyle there But that we sawe a lady clere Ryght well appareled in sad gere.
1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 536 If they be olde women and maryed: not lyght apparell, but sad raiment pleaseth a godly husband.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. L7v Arayd in antique robes downe to the grownd, And sad habiliments.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 24 Aug. (1976) IX. 287 My wife is upon hanging the long chamber..with the sad stuff that was in the best chamber.
1706 R. Howlett Anglers Sure Guide vii. 106 Sad Ash-coloured Silk.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4919/4 A Man..between 20 and 30 years of Age, pale Visage and sad Hair.
1749 H. Jones Poems Several Occasions 96 How Grief's sad Garb the Wearer's Worth endears.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. v. 116 Two halberdiers, clad in black..and others, in the same sad livery.
1891 E. Arnold Light of World 153 A throng..Clad in sad garments..bore a dead man forth.
1908 F. Morton Laughter & Tears 65 Her step was noiseless, and her trailing grey Sad robes were Silence visible.
11. Of sleep: sound, deep. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > type of sleep > deep or unbroken
fastOE
stronga1398
sada1425
deep1547
sound1548
unstarting1748
wakeless1824
profound1833
unawakening1846
unawaking1863
yawnless1881
a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 15 (MED) Sodanly he fell on ful sad slepe.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 20 I couerd my hede and fylle in to a sadde slepe.
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica iv. cvii. 102 He knowes sad sleepe hath ceas'd vpon the many, He heares no waking clocke, nor watch to iarre.
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iii. i. 39 When sad sleepe Had charm'd all eyes, when none save the bright starres Were up and waking, I remembred thee.
1661 Princess Cloria ii. 143 After she had for some time continued in her sad sleep, that fain would gently have sent her without noise to a better habitation.
B. n.
1. Satiety, weariness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun]
sada1200
fastidiuma1398
irkingc1400
irksomeness1435
tediousness1482
tediation1485
annuisance1502
weariness1526
wearisomenessa1568
irk1570
languor1596
tedification1616
tedium1662
ennui1758
dullery1841
boredom1853
mawkishness1861
fed-'upness1910
mouldiness1916
browned-offness1938
noia1944
a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) l. 392 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 232 [C]rist..is muche more and betere þan alle oðer þinges..Of him to isiene nis non sæd [?c1250 Egerton sed].
2. Now chiefly with the. Sad or sorrowful people as a class. Also: something sad or suggesting sadness (rare).
ΚΠ
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Certane Prayers in Catech. 39 The hop and comforter of all sad, haue mercie on me.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 665 Behold that figure, neat, though plainly clad; His sprightly mingled with a shade of sad . View more context for this quotation
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. v. 193 ‘My heart is sad,’ said Sybil, ‘and the sad should seek the shade.’
1975 M. Duffy Capital iv. 188 The sad and the mad, the workmen on their way home, the trans-European emigrés.
2006 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 42 These are the people who should get..public acknowledgement of their contribution to the sick, the sad and the plain frightened.
C. adv. In a sad manner (in various senses of the adjective). Chiefly recorded in poetical and literary contexts.
1.
a. Firmly, strongly, fixedly; soundly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > firmly (fixed)
stronglyeOE
fasteOE
stitha1000
hardOE
fastlyOE
steadfasta1300
stithlya1300
steevec1330
a-rootc1374
firmlyc1374
hard and fastc1380
sadc1380
sadlya1398
steadfastlya1400
stronga1400
stalworthlyc1440
solidatively?1541
hardfast1548
secure1578
sickera1586
solidly?1611
tighta1625
securely1642
steevely1790
inexcussably1816
tightly1866
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adverb]
i-wislichec1000
wislyc1000
yernec1000
wellOE
wisc1175
sickera1275
without missa1275
redlyc1275
certainlya1375
sadc1380
confirmedlyc1449
certaina1500
undeceitfully1571
notionless1607
ascertainably1863
absotively1914
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 353 (MED) Loke þat þou be armed sad & hele þy bare scolle.
c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) 172 Beo a staf stondeþ sad..Þat staf is Cristes Crouche; Stondeþ stifli bi þat stake.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 4 Þanne waked I of my wynkynge and wo was with-alle, Þat I ne hadde sleped sadder and yseiȝen more.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. 59 Nowe potage ware in askes mynge, and kepe In oil barelles or salt tubbis done; Saad cleyed wel, they saaf beth leyd to slepe.
c1475 Mankind (1969) 592 Ȝe may here hym snore; he ys sade aslepe.
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3859 (MED) Adieu, my suete loue, prented in hert sad!
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2161 in Poems (1981) 82 He laid his halfheid sicker hard and sad.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 13 Medea..Persauyt..Þat all sad were on slepe.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 34v He þat set is full sad on a soile euyn..Hym þar not hede to be hurt with no hegh fall.
1578 W. Hunnis Hyue Full of Hunnye xl. f. 99v It happened that both these men in one Night beyng sad In sleepe did Dream, and ech Mans Dreame a sundry meaning had.
b. Heavily, with force. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with violence or force
stithlya1300
strengthlya1400
sadc1425
enforcely1487
forcely?a1500
strainably1511
forcible1582
forceful1718
forcefullya1774
c1425 (?a1400) Arthur (Longleat 55) l. 605 Þey fowȝt euer sore & sadde; Men nyst ho þe betere hadde.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 389 He stroke him sadde and sore.
a1500 (a1400) Ipomedon (Chetham) 4451 Dreas stroke his broþer Cavder Wyth a spere sadde & sore.
1629 Z. Boyd Balme of Gilead 41 (Jam.) The longer the stroake be in comming it commeth down the sadder.
a1743 J. Relph Misc. of Poems (1747) 4 Up flew her hand to souse the cowren lad, But ah, I thought it fell not down owr sad.
c. Steadfastly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 79 Þei schullen be..cursed & taken to prison ȝif þei stonden sadde in goddis cause.
a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 3818 These Covenauntes to holde suerly and sadde.
a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 260 Teche hem alle to leue sadde, Þat hyt þat ys in þe awter made, Hyt ys verre goddes blode.
2. Seriously, solemnly; soberly, discreetly, wisely. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) 2892 Þai lokyd & ihesus syttand saw Emang þe doctours of þe law, Apposand þam sad & sar.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 362 (MED) I beseke..that a-forn my bere by you it be bore, saynge my dirige devouthly and sad.
c1500 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Ashm.) 198 Þus thi frendes wyll be glade Þat thou dispos þe wyslye and sade.
3. Thoroughly, truly, certainly. Obsolete.The punctuation of quot. ?a1425 in the 1990 edition takes sad as an adjective, but the words sad trewe correspond to the single Latin word verax in Matthew 22:16 and are also found in this verse in one MS. of the Later Version of the Wycliffite Bible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
?a1425 in A. Hudson Eng. Wycliffite Serm. (1990) I. 313 ‘Maister,’ þei seiden, ‘we wyte wel þat þou art sad, trewe, and þe weye þat lediþ to God þow techist in trewþe.’
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 874 Ful wel thay sad knew it the fayry was.
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 950 Merueles,..I se ful sad; Neuer humain ey saw to it egal!
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 56v In sorow may be sene who is sad wise.
1628 R. Hayman Quodlibets ii. 30 Wise mens, wise counsell, is but their conceits; If they speed ill, they are sad wise deceits.
4. Sadly, sorrowfully, mournfully. Now rare (poetic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb]
wrothec950
heavilyc1000
sorrowlyOE
sorrilylOE
sorrowfullyc1225
dolefullyc1290
sadlya1375
teenfullya1375
wrothlyc1374
unwinlya1400
grievouslyc1400
unblithely1415
tristily?c1450
sad?a1475
sytefully1488
earnfully?1527
dolently1548
mournfully?1567
distressfully1593
passionately1604
tragicly1604
grievingly1623
distressedly1890
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 41 (MED) With doolful hert syenge sad and sore, Grett mornyng I make ffor this dredful flood.
1660 J. Sadler Olbia 3 After some real expressions of most cordial sympathy with his sad forlorn condition (which came out in sighs, and groans and Tears, rather than words:) the grave Hermite..carried, rather then led him, into his Cell.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 28 Sometimes towards Eden..his grievd look he fixes sad . View more context for this quotation
1789 H. Brooke Earl of Westmorland iv. viii Through the vale of death and woe! Let us travel sad and slow.
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 30 Why will you plead yourself so sad forlorn.
a1855 C. Brontë Poems (1984) 96 No hollow blast did sad and mournful wail, But solemn silence walked beneath the moonbeams pale.
1910 F. G. Scott Poems 269 From that archway strains of music flow..But brooding, like one held by evil powers, The great King heeds not, pacing sad and slow.

Phrases

P1. in sad earnest: in all earnestness, seriously.Originally in sense A. 3c ‘grave’; later often taken as sense A. 5 ‘mournful, sorrowful’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xcix. 253 I wd. I cd. begin to be a Christian in sad earnest.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 112 An attack that made me shed tears in sad earnest.
1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) III. xxxvi.199 I sat ruminating in sad earnest, on the necessity, now so evident, of my consenting to this hateful match.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets (1903) ii. 73 O my friends, in sad earnest, sad and deadly earnest, there much needs that God would mend all this.
1957 Anchor Rev. No. 2 11 If she [sc. Lolita] originally called him Dad in bitter irony, she now calls him Dad in sad earnest.
2002 Y. Takahashi in S. W. Wells Shakespeare Surv. 105 Far from avoiding the soliloquy, he [sc. Hamlet] is seen grappling with it in sad earnest.
P2. sadder and wiser: (of a person) having gained wisdom from sad or bitter experience.Possibly influenced by the older association of sad (in sense ‘grave, dignified, serious’) with wise: see sense A. 3.
ΚΠ
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 51 A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv*. 222 ‘A sadder and a wiser man,’ he felt [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 175 When he takes his way homewards, he is a sadder and a wiser man.
1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer ii. ii. 146 Well I suppose there's not one of you gentlemen here who hasnt at some time or other taken a plunger, and how many of you hasnt come back sadder and wiser.
2001 R. Cellan-Jones Dot.bomb xiv. 223 Colleagues who had departed to become millionaires on the dot.com scene began returning to the grubby world of newsprint, sadder and wiser.

Compounds

C1.
a. Forming (chiefly parasynthetic) adjectives.
sad-coloured adj.
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1602 L. Lloyd Briefe Conf. Divers Lawes 82 Vnto these kinde of feasts the Romanes might not come in black or sad coloured garments, but all in white.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 49 I bought of Farmer Nichols's Wife and Daughters, a good sad-colour'd Stuff, of their own Spinning, enough to make me a Gown and two Petticoats.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii*, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 101 A decent suit of sad-coloured clothes.
1911 Times 12 Dec. 10 The captains of the day who came to Charterhouse..wore sad-coloured vesture and featherless caps.
1984 J. W. Crawford Early Shakespearean Actresses 38 A fine gentleman..recognized something strangely familiar about the face and figure in the sad-colored gown.
sad-eyed adj.
ΚΠ
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 202 The sad eyde Iustice with his surly humme.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems (1904) 131 Thus the sad-eyed Fakirs preach.
1916 E. W. Wilcox World Voices 21 Across the border of the mapless land He found himself among a sad-eyed band Of disappointed souls.
2003 Time Out N.Y. 28 Aug. 99/3 Kudos to the sad-eyed emo boys who have written great songs whenever Dad gave them something to cry about.
sad-faced adj.
ΚΠ
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 66 You sad facde men, people and sons of Rome. View more context for this quotation
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. ii. 28 The head of a sad-faced little boy.
1947 J. Mulgan Report on Experience xi. 126 In the streets were sad-faced men and women, still hungry and no longer happy.
2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 193 The sad-faced little mercado.., so woefully wanting in goods and goods-buyers.
sad-garbed adj.
ΚΠ
1848 J. R. Lowell Poems 2nd Ser. 167 He looks a sachem, in red blanket wrapt,..'mid some council of the sad-garbed whites.
1908 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 3 Oct. 9/2 Between their sad-garbed figures, she flitted like a little white moth.
sad-hearted adj.
ΚΠ
a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xxxiii. 323 Shee was so ouer-come with displeasure, and so sadde hearted, that shee was not afraide of the Angels.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 123 Sad-hearted-men, much ouergone with Care. View more context for this quotation
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 15 But every little matter that happens, I will acquaint you with, that you shall continue to me your good Advice, and pray for Your sad-hearted Pamela.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xlviii. 342 When he dared to think of his own future, he saw it lying far away from this splendid sad-hearted creature.
1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid i. 16 And spoke these words of comfort to his sad-hearted friends.
2001 East Bay (Calif.) Express (Nexis) 21 Nov. Bon Scott was a sad-hearted poet who composed beautiful songs.
sad-lidded adj.
ΚΠ
1887 A. J. Lockhart Masque of Minstrels 260 O'er the pale face, now fallen asleep, With th' sad lidded eyes; Deep boom of the cannon, so dread.
1921 D. H. Lawrence Tortoises 35 His black, sad-lidded eye sees but beholds not.
2001 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 52 The best performance is by Rampling... Nothing escapes those wise, sad-lidded eyes.
sad-looking adj.
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a1784 G. A. Stevens Songs, Comic & Satyrical (1788) 131 The sad-looking crone clear'd his brow from a frown.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. vi. 153 Do you wish to fall into the hands of those sad-looking men! Why I used to shudder as I passed them.
1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. xxiii. 295 The mountains..were veiled in a dreamy, sad-looking scirocco fog.
1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iv. 78 The red lamp with ragged fringes, two obviously broken chairs and other pieces of sad-looking furniture.
2005 Guardian 11 Apr. i. 17/5 The fate of these poignantly sad-looking karaokists will depend on you, the viewer, phoning a premium-rate line.
sad-making adj.
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1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies xii. 208 ‘My dear, isn't that rather sad-making for you?’ ‘I'm desperate about it.’
1955 J. D. Salinger Franny in New Yorker 29 Jan. 30/3 But just so tiny and meaningless and—sad-making.
1960 J. Stroud Shorn Lamb xxiii. 251 You were watching the end of an epoch; that's always rather sad-making.
2005 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 30 Apr. to10 I could go on, but it's too sad-making: These are not portraits, they're editorial cartoons.
sad-natured adj.
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a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 6v This sadde natured, and hard witted child.
1868 H. B. Stowe Chimney Corner iii. 65 Nature has gifted him with that vein of humor and that impulse to friendly joviality which are frequent developments in sad-natured men.
1973 M. Mainwaring tr. I. Turgenev & P. Viardot-García Portrait Game viii. 136 Great Russian landowner, of a noble family; sad-natured, phlegmatic.
sad-paced adj. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. Proem. sig. B5v Stay his quicke iocond skips, and force him runne A sadde pac'd course.
sad-seeming adj.
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a1629 F. Hubert Egypts Favorite (1631) sig. D8v Th'amazed lookes of her sad-seeming face.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 131 So all is Joy againe; till this Sad-seeming Tydings come.
1854 W. G. Simms Southward Ho! ix. 138 It was, indeed, a solitary and sad-seeming region.
1967 Times 4 Nov. 10 Shand was a shy, sad-seeming, gentle man of handsome presence.
2006 New Yorker (Nexis) 20 Mar. He has fine features and large, sad-seeming eyes and a melancholic expression.
sad-tuned adj.
ΚΠ
1596 C. M. First Pt. Nature of Woman sig. Fv A sad tuned hart's my instrument.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Kv And downe I laid to list the sad tun'd tale.
1696 J. Banks Cyrus Great v. i. 53 Your sad tun'd Description will surpass All Fiction, Painting, or dumb shew of Horrour That ever Ears yet heard.
2004 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 31 Dec. c1 To bump the needle to their sad-tuned, skipping record.
sad-visaged adj.
ΚΠ
1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man III. ix. 278 Do this, sad visaged power [sc. Melancholy], while I write.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxxiv. 370 I never saw such..starving, sad-visaged, broken-hearted looking curs in my life.
1940 F. R. Dulles Amer. learns to Play 46 [In 1740 an English visitor] was both surprised and delighted to discover the Bostonians not quite as sad-visaged as he had apparently been led to expect.
1996 Independent (Nexis) 17 Nov. 21 The hawk-nosed, sad-visaged honourable member standing down for Guildford, Surrey.
sad-voiced adj.
ΚΠ
1837 H. J. Verlander Vestal & Other Poems 80 Hark! the sad voic'd bell..now rolling Moaningly and low.
1984 J. W. Crawford Early Shakespearean Actresses 118 A sad voiced north-east wind sweeping up the sluggish Liffey.
2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. vii. 1 The sad-voiced scholarly narrator recounts the childhood memories of a boy called ‘Phil Roth’.
b. Prefixed to other adjectives to express a combination of both qualities, as sad-happy, sad-serene, sad-sweet, etc.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > characterized by sorrow > and sweetness
sad-sweet1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L3 Which when her sad beholding husband saw. View more context for this quotation
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 85 Their sad-sweet glance so tye his faculties.
1795 W. Butler Bagatelles 20 Sad-smiling patience sat upon his brow.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough xii. 165 Sad happy Race! soon rais'd and soon deprest, Your Days all past in Jeopardy and Jest.
1909 E. Pound Exultations 12 Ye know somewhat the strain, the sad-sweet wonder-pain of such singing.
1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War 4 And there, sad-smiling,..were two or three of the convalescent squad.
1933 W. de la Mare Fleeting & Other Poems 17 How sad-serene the abandoned house.
1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xiv. 233 A lamp-lighted restaurant table, the distant sad-sweet music, all these flowed together in a comfortable alcoholic haze.
1990 B. Gill N.Y. Life 337 Remembering the past is a sad-happy act that is also a duty.
C2.
sad-ass n. North American slang (attributive) designating an inept or undesirable person or thing.
ΚΠ
1961 R. Gover One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 157 Madam hush up them railroads so's they don chase off them sad-ass College Joes.
1967 N. Mailer Why are we in Vietnam? iv. 66 A sad-ass show. It flickers off, on, off, for ninety minutes.
1971 Black World Apr. 63 How is Philadelphia?.. Thats one sad-ass city..bout to sink into the ground.
2003 ‘S. Pax’ Weblog Diary 25 Mar. in Baghdad Blog 135 The only movie I had which I have not seen a hundred times is The American President.... Michael Douglas is a sad ass president.
sad-assed adj. = sad-ass n.
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1964 J. Baldwin Blues for Mister Charlie iii. 119 White man!.. You can't eat because none of your sad-assed chicks can cook.
1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air xiii. 158 A few general comments on sad-assed, puritanical sons-of-bitches individually and collectively.
2005 Sunday Life (Belfast) (Nexis) 27 Mar. When each election day comes round, I look at all the sorry, sad-assed usual suspects, and I can find no party I want to vote for.
sad-avised adj. [apparently after blackavised adj.] sad-faced.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1878 W. Besant & J. Rice Monks Thelema III. 124 She did not writhe as she walked; she was not sad-avised.
sad cake n. British and U.S. regional a name given to various types of flat or unleavened cake (cf. sense A. 8f).
ΚΠ
1855 R. C. Trench Eng. Past & Present 103 When unleavened cakes are called sad cakes’, as in parts of America they are, it is evident that ‘sad’ is used in its original sense of unmoved.
1857 J. Sullivan Cumberland & Westmorland 80 Sad, heavy, thick; ‘sad cake’, when not made with yeast.
1889 J. Nicholson Folk-speech E. Yorks. 79 Sad keeaks and dip form a favourite breakfast.
1947 Amer. Speech 22 73 If you jar the stove, you'll have sad cake.
1976 J. Poulson More Old Lancs. Recipes 26/1 Lumb in Rossendale was known as ‘Sad Cake Land’ because this simple pastry cake was so popular there.
1987 E. Kytle Voices of Robby Wilde 32 Sometimes she'd put in what she called ‘too much’ shortening and sugar and make a sad cake.
2006 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 14 May 4 She made..sad cake and lemon pies.
sad case n. slang (originally British) a pathetic, socially inept, or otherwise contemptible person.
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1985 M. Munro Patter 60 Someone whom they consider to be mentally unstable may be labelled a sad case.
1992 R. Rodriguez Days of Obligation vii. 156 I had left graduate school, a sad case in my cotton washpants, my short-sleeved white shirt,..and the aforementioned glasses.
2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy i. 16 I suppose it's because only sad cases and pensioners are watching, and who cares about them?
sad dog n. now rare (a) a morose or dismal-looking person; (b) a term of mock reproof for a shameless or badly behaved fellow (see dog n.1 5b).
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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 70 And how comest thou hither, Where no man neuer comes, but that sad dog, That brings me foode to make misfortune liue. View more context for this quotation
1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iii. ii. 38 Sil. You are an ignorant, pretending, impudent Coxcomb. Braz. Ay, ay, a sad Dog.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xvi. 127 I suppose you think me a sad dog,..and I do confess that appearances are against me.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 202 The sad-dog sort of feeling came strongly upon John Dounce: he lingered—the lady in blue made no sign.
1955 Times 7 Dec. 11 The moral of the differing ways of life of the diarists [sc. Evelyn and Pepys] was punctually repointed. Pepys had to be recognized..as a self-confessed sad dog.
sadware n. now historical (heavy) pewter flatware (cf. sense A. 8b).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > metal vessel > pewter vessels collectively
pewter1426
pewtery1645
sadware1683
pewterware1738
1683 Inventory 12 Mar. in Probate Inventories Lincoln 1661–1714 (1991) 84 49lb of sad waire at 9d pewter.
1895 C. Booth Life & Labour People in London V. iii. iv. 380 Birmingham and Sheffield supply the greater part of the ‘sad ware’ in use.
2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 30 Apr. 47 The firm specialised in what was called ‘sadware’—plates and dishes—but also made a range of chamberpots, bedpans and holloware.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

sadv.

Brit. /sad/, U.S. /sæd/
Forms: see sad adj., n., and adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sad adj.
Etymology: < sad adj. Compare earlier sade v.
1.
a. transitive (usually in passive). To make solid, firm, or stiff; to compress. Also intransitive: to become solid, dense, or compacted. Cf. sadden v. 1. In later use Scottish. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the intransitive sense as still in use in Angus, Fife, and Lothian in 1969.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)]
congealc1384
sadc1384
resolvea1398
thightc1440
condense1477
constipate1546
condensate1555
engross1561
indense1576
sadden1600
settle1611
densate1613
solidate1640
corporify1644
conspissate1647
consolidate1653
conglaciate1660
solidify1799
densify1820
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iii. 7 Anoon the groundis and plauntis..of him ben saddid [L. consolidatæ] to gidere.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 440 Saddyn, or make sadde, Solido, consolido.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. lviii. sig. rvv/2 The matere is thycked and sadded and not obedyente to dygestyon.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vi. xxi. 268/2 The fende by suffraunce of god may sadde the ayer and make hym a bodye of the ayer.
a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 47 Sowe your wyntur corne tymely so þt your lande may be sadid & your corne rotyd afore þt grete wyntur com.
1557–8 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 248 Gevin for iiij mells with thair schaftis till sad the said but, iiij s.
1745 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) The Headrigg was more solid and sadded, as it used to be made Use of for leading home the Corns.
1782 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) The water would have sadded, or firmed it.
1807 J. Hogg Mountain Bard 111 Sandy..Then the hay, sae rowed an' saddit, Towzled up that nane might ken.
1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 20 The duds, ye see, are no sae weet, The snaw has saddit on 'em.
1924 Glasgow Herald 25 Nov. No matter how much the [hay] stack sads, the ropes are kept taut.
b. transitive. To darken (a colour). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > darken
darka1398
darken1550
sad1573
infuscate1650
swarthy1663
swarth1846
nebulate1874
1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 4 Two parts azure and one of cereuse and sadded with the same azure or with blacke incke.
1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art 124 You may alay your Orpment with chalke, and sadde it with browne of Spain [etc.].
2. transitive. To make steadfast, establish, confirm (in). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] > make steadfast
strongOE
strengthc1200
stablea1300
resolvea1398
sadc1400
nourish?a1425
settle1435
pitha1500
stiffen?a1500
steel1581
toughen1582
ballastc1600
efforta1661
fix1671
balance1685
to fix the mercury1704
instrengthen1855
to put stuffing into1977
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 242 Austyn þe olde here-of he made bokes, And hym-self ordeyned to sadde vs in bileue.
c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 333 Þe sowle þat is not ȝit fullye saddete and stablete in þe moste parfyte degre of loue.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 120 My mynde is saddid [L. solidata est] in god, & groundid in crist.
a1660 N. Bacon Hist. & Polit. Disc. Laws & Govt. Eng. (1689) lxiv. 130 This sadded the English, and made them drive heavily: the King (to add more strengh) brought in Foraigners..; and then all was at stand.
3.
a. transitive. To make sorrowful; to sadden. Now rare.In later use only in regional or nonstandard speech.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > sadden or grieve
rueOE
grieve?c1225
teen1340
moana1425
contrist1490
sadden1565
sad1578
ensorrow1593
contristate1616
tristitiate1628
dolea1637
endolour1884
1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 21 Betuix vs twa is chancit ane heuie cace..Quhilk sadis my hart, & dois me greit passioun.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H3 May it not sad your thoughts.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 24 The Lords hearing of these proceedings were much sadded.
1692 Covt. Grace Conditional 73 The Hearts of your Friends [are] exceedingly sadded.
1810 The Age: A Poem 3 When nature's visage sads the sight.
1969 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 30 Oct. This community was sadded by the death of two of its residents.
2000 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. b11 I was sadded to read that about 46,000 black people want South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol.
b. transitive. To make dull or gloomy. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)]
gloom1577
sad1610
begloom1801
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 3 As when a vapour..sads the smiling orient of the springing day.
1637 J. Day New Spring Divine Poetrie 42 When the gladding sunne begins to show.., A churlish cloud soone meetes him..And sads the beauty of the smiling day.
c. transitive. With it as object: to talk in a sad manner. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)] > talk sadly
sad1664
1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding ii. v, in Comedies & Trag. 95 While you sad it thus to one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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SAD
SAD n. seasonal affective disorder (or depression).
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression
anxiety1661
vapours1662
vapour-fit1707
depression1905
postpartum depression1929
baby blues1940
sterks1941
postnatal depression1946
PPD1975
PND1978
SAD1983
seasonal affective disorder1983
1983 Chicago Sun-Times 21 Dec. 11/1 Because of symptoms of SAD sufferers, scientists in the Mental Health Institute wondered if our ancestors hibernated.
1987 Daily Tel. 1 June 13/7 Whereas the winter depressives are helped by using bright artificial lights..,people with summer SAD may alleviate their symptoms by lowering their environmental temperature.
1990 Health Guardian Nov. 4/1 SAD is caused by a biochemical imbalance in the hypothalamus—due to a lack of sunlight.
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