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单词 broad-blown
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broad-blownadj.2

Brit. /ˌbrɔːdˈbləʊn/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈbloʊn/, /ˌbrɑdˈbloʊn/
Forms: see broad adv. and blown adj.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adv., blown adj.2
Etymology: < broad adv. + blown adj.2
That has blossomed or bloomed fully (literal and figurative). Cf. full-blown adj.2In quots. 1603, 1604 with blown as a past participle; Shakespeare's use is the principal influence on later adjectival examples.
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plenara1325
perfectc1350
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heala1399
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absolute1531
explete1534
well-accomplished1568
quit1583
orbeda1657
orbicular1673
saturate1682
rounded1746
broad-blown1855
plene1867
choate1878
ten tenth1948
1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. B2v Their ancient vnattainted loyalty Broad blow'ne, and flush vpon her infancy.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 81 Withall his crimes braod blowne, as flush as May.]
1607 R. Niccols Cuckow 4 Queene of Loue, whose altars are bedight With broad blowne blossomes of the blooming spring.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xiii. i, in Maud & Other Poems 44 His face,..Has a broad-blown comeliness, red and white.
1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) vi. 72 Bottom in his broad-blown self-importance.
1911 A. Ollivant Taming of John Blunt vii. 41 One tiny maid with broad-blown apple-blossom face nursing a kitten.
2016 Saudi Gaz. (Nexis) 30 May This translation of perseverance into a broad blown merit was due to the ceaseless efforts made by our team of talented teachers, versatile students and supportive parents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

broad-blownadj.1

Forms: see broad adv. and blown adj.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adv., blown adj.1
Etymology: < broad adv. + blown adj.1
Chiefly poetic. Obsolete.
Widely spread or dispersed (by, or as if by, the wind).Often overlapping with figurative examples of broad-blown adj.2; later poetic examples probably allude to Shakespeare's use (see quot. 1604 at that entry).
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1579 T. Pritchard Schoole Honest & Vertuous Lyfe 11 Erasmus, highly had in honour, for his knowledge and iollie iudgement in faculties, by reason of brode blowen blaze of commendation.
1657 A. Farindon XXX. Serm. ii. 604 Take all his broad-blown glories, his swelling titles, his over-spreading power, and all are drawn together and shrunk up in this one word.
1831 Ld. Tennyson in Gem 242 Between whose limbs Of brassy vastness broadblown Argosies Drave into haven.
1904 A. C. Swinburne Channel Passage 93 There needs no clarion's blast of broad-blown fame To bid the world bear witness whence he came.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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