单词 | broad-blown |
释义 | broad-blownadj.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. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] fulleOE plenara1325 perfectc1350 completec1380 heala1399 plenary?a1425 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 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). Π 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). < adj.21607adj.11579 |
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