单词 | under-breeding |
释义 | under-breedingn. (under- prefix1 5(b). Cf. underbred adj. and n.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-breeding ungentilesse1390 ungentleness1470 rag-manners1672 under-breeding1673 ungenteelness1706 ill breeding1800 ungentility1822 ungentlemanliness1828 ungentlemanlikeness1848 1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 22 Doubtless this under-breeding of Women began among Heathen and Barbarous People. 1850 Bentley's Misc. Sept. 234 Some of the lords and ladies..used to..ridicule Mrs. Rawlings before her face, and when they were gone, criticise her underbreeding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673 |
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