单词 | tradeful |
释义 | tradefuladj. Now rare. Busy with trade (esp. in sense 9a). In early use also, of a person: †fully occupied or engaged in trading (obsolete).In quot. 1844 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [adjective] > trading merchantc1400 demeanant1467 trading1578 tradeful1595 commercing1610 merchandised1619 mercantile1645 commerciala1687 merchanting1921 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > frequented by customers customed1578 accustomed1690 well-accustomed1690 tradeful1844 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xv, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B Ye tradefull Merchants that with weary toyle, Do seeke most pretious things to make your gain. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 358 Lo how our marchant-vessels to and fro Freely about our trade-full Waters go. 1747 T. Warton Pleasures of Melancholy 21 Thro' the naked street, Haunt of the tradeful merchant, springs the grass. 1779 Ode Privateer-commanders Great Brit. 3 'Tis Liverpool's command, She lanches, from her tradeful strand, The ships that strike with awe your Gallic shore. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 223 Shops and offices are shut up, or their tradeful hum and bustle all but stagnated. 1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp & Other Stories 64 Morley..stood on a corner where two tradeful arteries of the city cross. 1968 N. Tranter Cable from Kabul i. 9 What was he likely to be doing in Afghanistan? As far as my information went, it was a far from tradeful area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1595 |
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