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单词 wanthriven
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wanthrivenadj.

Brit. /wɒnˈθrɪv(ə)n/, /wanˈθrɪv(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌwɑnˈθrɪv(ə)n/, /ˌwænˈθrɪv(ə)n/, Scottish English /wanˈθrɪv(ə)n/
Forms: pre-1700 vanthrewin, pre-1700 wanthev (transmission error), pre-1700 wanthreivin, pre-1700 wanthrevin, pre-1700 wanthriuen, pre-1700 wanthryvin, 1700s– wanthriven, 1900s want'riven (Shetland), 1900s wanthrie'en, 1900s wantriven (Shetland), 1900s wunthrie'en, 1900s wunthriven, 1900s– wantrivan (Orkney), 1900s– wantrivven (Shetland).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wan- prefix, thriven adj.
Etymology: < wan- prefix + thriven adj. In Orkney and Shetland use probably partly also < the unattested Norn cognate of Norwegian (Nynorsk) vantriven , in the same sense ( < van- wan- prefix + triven thriven adj.; compare the verb vantrivast (reflexive) to fail to thrive, to become stunted or sickly). Compare unthriven adj. and unthriving adj. 2.
Scottish (now chiefly Shetland and Orkney).
Failing to thrive; stunted, wasted, sickly.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased
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wanthriven1508
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unhale1653
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unwholesome1655
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unthriven1680
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maladized1790
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sickened1815
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peaky1821
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sick as a parrot1982
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped
wanthriven1508
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scrawny1883
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 Evill schryvin, wanthryvin, not clene na curius.
a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 147 Threid bair be thair thrift as thow art vanthrewin [1621 wanthreivin].
1611 in D. Laing Var. Pieces Fugitive Sc. Poetry (1853) 2nd Ser. ii. 8 Thow art all wanthriuen.
1703 J. Clark Spiritual-merchant iii. 110 Careless Christians who take no care how affairs go betwixt God and their Souls, commonlie they are weak and wanthriven.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 199 And what am I but a poor wasted, wan-thriven tree?
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Lingit Thin, lean, wanthriven.
1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches v. 54 Poor wan-thriven, lingit-looking things they are.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. Wantrivven, in poor physical condition; stunted.
1985 M. Sweetland Eightsome Reel xxxv. 328 The snow thinned in patches and showed up the wan-thriven grass which had all but died in the four dreary months since it saw the sun.
1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Wantrivan, ill-thriving.
2017 H. Scott in Lallans 90 69 Nor niver taen a wrangsum gait That ens i sum wanthriven state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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