swan-likeadj.adv.

Etymology: < swan n. + -like suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswan-like.

a. Like a swan, or like that of a swan.

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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 177 White (Swan-like) wings.

1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. B2^v Her Swan-like brest, her Alabaster hands.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 43 I..gabble like a Goose, amidst the Swan-like Quire.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 648 Fast by the limpid lake my swan-like train I found.

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xix. 45 With swan-like wings dispred.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. i. 124 Love swelled the swanlike neck, and moulded the rounded limb.

b. esp. in reference to the fabled singing of the swan just before its death: cf. swan n. 2b.

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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > with reference to fabled singing before death

swan-like1592

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing or sung at death or end

swannisha1586

swan-like1592

1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte To Gentl. Rdrs. sig. A3^v Greene..sendes you his Swanne like songe, for that he feares he shall neuer againe carroll to you woonted loue layes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 44 If he loose he makes a Swan-like end, Fading in musique.

1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours in Wks. (1879) I. 9 My poore swanlike soule, (alas) hath no such power to sing.

1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 261 His last Swan-like Sermon.

1678 Young Man's Calling 10 The swan-like song of the dying martyr, ‘None but Christ! None but Christ!’

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 3 The swan-like tones of dying eloquence.

c. adv. Like or in the manner of a swan.

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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adverb] > fabled singing when dying

swan-like1635

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adverb] > at death or end

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1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 166 This holy Man..in a divine Rapture Swanne-like (his death being then at hand) sung this his sweetest Ditty.

1844 A. B. Welby Poems (1867) 49 Who would not, Swan-like, waste his sweetest breath To..die so sweet a death?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	swan-like
释义	swan-likeadj.adv. Etymology: < swan n. + -like suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswan-like. a. Like a swan, or like that of a swan. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 177 White (Swan-like) wings. 1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. B2^v Her Swan-like brest, her Alabaster hands. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 43 I..gabble like a Goose, amidst the Swan-like Quire. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 648 Fast by the limpid lake my swan-like train I found. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xix. 45 With swan-like wings dispred. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. i. 124 Love swelled the swanlike neck, and moulded the rounded limb. b. esp. in reference to the fabled singing of the swan just before its death: cf. swan n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > with reference to fabled singing before death swan-like1592 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing or sung at death or end swannisha1586 swan-like1592 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte To Gentl. Rdrs. sig. A3^v Greene..sendes you his Swanne like songe, for that he feares he shall neuer againe carroll to you woonted loue layes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 44 If he loose he makes a Swan-like end, Fading in musique. View more context for this quotation 1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours in Wks. (1879) I. 9 My poore swanlike soule, (alas) hath no such power to sing. 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 261 His last Swan-like Sermon. 1678 Young Man's Calling 10 The swan-like song of the dying martyr, ‘None but Christ! None but Christ!’ 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 3 The swan-like tones of dying eloquence. c. adv. Like or in the manner of a swan. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adverb] > fabled singing when dying swan-like1635 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adverb] > at death or end swan-like1635 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 166 This holy Man..in a divine Rapture Swanne-like (his death being then at hand) sung this his sweetest Ditty. 1844 A. B. Welby Poems (1867) 49 Who would not, Swan-like, waste his sweetest breath To..die so sweet a death? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.1592
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