well-beingn.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈbiːɪŋ/,

/ˈwɛlbɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɛlˌbiɪŋ/,

/ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and being n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: well adv., being n.

Etymology: < well adv. + being n., originally after Italian benessere (a1527; 1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1561). Compare Middle French, French bienêtre (1555), Spanish bienestar (a1250), post-classical Latin bene esse (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources). Compare earlier welfare n.The pronunciation with main stress on the second syllable is now the preferred one in British usage and is recorded as such in 20th-cent. British pronouncing dictionaries. The variant with first-syllable stress is the only one given in N.E.D. (1926), and predominates in U.S. usage.

1. With reference to a person or community: the state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous; physical, psychological, or moral welfare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health

healOE

healthc1000

strengthOE

soundc1275

hailc1300

halec1330

quartc1330

liege poustie1340

plight1394

soundness1398

sanity?a1475

quartfulness1483

healthfulness?1535

symmetry?1541

flesh1548

good liking?1560

well-being1561

valetude1575

safeness1576

kilter1582

mens sana in corpore sanoc1605

eucrasy1607

sanitude1652

salubrity1654

wellness1654

healthiness1670

vegeteness1678

wholesome1738

haleness1815

able-bodiedness1857

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun]

selthc888

healc950

wealOE

goder-heala1225

prosperity?c1225

wealtha1300

statec1300

healtha1325

welfare1357

theedom1362

wealfulnessc1374

bonchiefa1387

felicity1393

boota1400

wella1400

wealsc1400

well-doingc1440

prosperancea1460

happiness?1473

quartfulness1483

brightnessa1500

goodnessa1500

sonsea1500

thriftiness?1529

prosperation1543

well-being1561

prosperousness1600

fair world1641

thrivingness1818

goldenness1829

palminess1875

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Gg.i^v I will not nowe speake of the profit that the worlde hath by women beeside the bearinge of children, for it is well inoughe declared howe necessarye they be, not onlye to oure beeinge [It. esser], but also to oure well beeinge [It. ben esser].

a1613 T. Overbury Wife (1614) sig. B3 Man did but the well-being of this life From woman take, her Being she from Man.

1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. A5 So many waies in use for the health and wel-being of mankinde.

1646 J. Benbrigge Vsvra Accommodata 8 The publicke-Weale wherein our owne Being, and Well-being are wrapped up.

1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 33 An erect Position is essential to the well being of the Body of Man.

1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 5 Aug. 2/1 That Behaviour which best suits with the common Well-being.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 168 Water..is necessary to the well being of man in all ages.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. iv. 121 That paternal solicitude for the wellbeing of his rural dependants.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 38 A body of faith,..which to ‘know and believe’, essential to the well-being of all Christians.

1883 J. M. Fothergill Indigestion 275 Most healthy persons feel..a sense of well-being after a meal.

1912 L. Beesley Loss of SS Titanic viii. 248 The thing is a defect in human life of to-day—thoughtlessness for the well-being of our fellow-men.

1929 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene (ed. 2) i. 17 It is the ultra-violet rays (U.V.R.) which are responsible for the bronzing of the skin and the general feeling of well-being which is familiar to all after a summer holiday.

2012 Church Times 13 Jan. 3/3 Family relationships were the most important contributor to children's well-being.

2. With reference to a thing: good or safe condition, ability to flourish or prosper.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [noun]

acceptableness1565

well-being1573

acceptance1594

acceptability1647

unobjectionableness1831

1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason iv. 156 Some are so necessary that the whole can haue no being without them: some are very necessary partes to the well being of an whole, and yet not so necessary but that it may haue a being without them.

1653 O. Ll. Despised Virgin Beautified 4 The antient Common-wealths men, who had begun to set forth the beauty and vertue of that Virgin, were not only disheartned, but many of them destroyed in their estates, for their fidelity to the grand interest of the well-being of the Plantation.

1702 E. Calamy Abridgm. Baxter's Life & Times vii. 137 He says, That Imposition of Hands is..a proper means necessary not to the Being, but the Well-being of Ordination.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 228 His loudly-expressed anxiety at every stage, respecting the safety and well-being of the two bags, the leather hat-box, and the brown paper parcel.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. Introd. 4 The principles necessary to the well being of the art.

1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 944 Procedure such as this, however, is extremely detrimental to the well-being of the springs.

1959 Life 18 May (verso front cover) (advt.) The well-being of your hair, the natural look of Miss Clairol color are their chief concerns.

2001 Water Gardening Oct. 32/2 Also known as oxygenating plants, submerged aquatics are, in fact, essential for the well being of your pond.

3. In plural. Individual instances of personal welfare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > instances of

wealtha1300

prosperities1340

prospering?1567

well-beings1643

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. sig. A2^v The Goodnesse, the Commonnesse of the Cause, (which concernes our whole three Kingdomes, Parliaments, Religion, and every one of our well-beings, in this present world).

a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) 207 He is the Author of our beings and our well-beings.

1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. Pref. 4 So that it may be said with Justice, that we owe our Beings to God, and under him our Well-beings to the Law.

1864 Dental Reg. West 18 381 Other pursuits and avocations of life, far less intimately connected with the comfort and well-beings of humanity, seem by their own spontaniety to be more and more flowing into utilitarian channels.

1933 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 7 115 The social sciences, seeking to interpret the collective well-beings of men.

1962 E. Bodenheimer in C. J. Friedrich Public Interest xvii. 207 We are also able to evaluate our interests as responsible members of a social group whose personal well-beings cannot be wholly dissociated from the well-being of the community to which we belong.

2012 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 27 Nov. 5 The twirling, twinkling displays in shop windows acting as some sort of hypnotic lighthouse for spendaholics does make me fear for all our fiscal well-beings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-being
释义	well-beingn. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈbiːɪŋ/, /ˈwɛlbɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɛlˌbiɪŋ/, /ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and being n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: well adv., being n. Etymology: < well adv. + being n., originally after Italian benessere (a1527; 1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1561). Compare Middle French, French bienêtre (1555), Spanish bienestar (a1250), post-classical Latin bene esse (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources). Compare earlier welfare n.The pronunciation with main stress on the second syllable is now the preferred one in British usage and is recorded as such in 20th-cent. British pronouncing dictionaries. The variant with first-syllable stress is the only one given in N.E.D. (1926), and predominates in U.S. usage. 1. With reference to a person or community: the state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous; physical, psychological, or moral welfare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health healOE healthc1000 strengthOE soundc1275 hailc1300 halec1330 quartc1330 liege poustie1340 plight1394 soundness1398 sanity?a1475 quartfulness1483 healthfulness?1535 symmetry?1541 flesh1548 good liking?1560 well-being1561 valetude1575 safeness1576 kilter1582 mens sana in corpore sanoc1605 eucrasy1607 sanitude1652 salubrity1654 wellness1654 healthiness1670 vegeteness1678 wholesome1738 haleness1815 able-bodiedness1857 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] selthc888 healc950 wealOE goder-heala1225 prosperity?c1225 wealtha1300 statec1300 healtha1325 welfare1357 theedom1362 wealfulnessc1374 bonchiefa1387 felicity1393 boota1400 wella1400 wealsc1400 well-doingc1440 prosperancea1460 happiness?1473 quartfulness1483 brightnessa1500 goodnessa1500 sonsea1500 thriftiness?1529 prosperation1543 well-being1561 prosperousness1600 fair world1641 thrivingness1818 goldenness1829 palminess1875 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Gg.i^v I will not nowe speake of the profit that the worlde hath by women beeside the bearinge of children, for it is well inoughe declared howe necessarye they be, not onlye to oure beeinge [It. esser], but also to oure well beeinge [It. ben esser]. a1613 T. Overbury Wife (1614) sig. B3 Man did but the well-being of this life From woman take, her Being she from Man. 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. A5 So many waies in use for the health and wel-being of mankinde. 1646 J. Benbrigge Vsvra Accommodata 8 The publicke-Weale wherein our owne Being, and Well-being are wrapped up. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 33 An erect Position is essential to the well being of the Body of Man. 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 5 Aug. 2/1 That Behaviour which best suits with the common Well-being. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 168 Water..is necessary to the well being of man in all ages. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. iv. 121 That paternal solicitude for the wellbeing of his rural dependants. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 38 A body of faith,..which to ‘know and believe’, essential to the well-being of all Christians. 1883 J. M. Fothergill Indigestion 275 Most healthy persons feel..a sense of well-being after a meal. 1912 L. Beesley Loss of SS Titanic viii. 248 The thing is a defect in human life of to-day—thoughtlessness for the well-being of our fellow-men. 1929 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene (ed. 2) i. 17 It is the ultra-violet rays (U.V.R.) which are responsible for the bronzing of the skin and the general feeling of well-being which is familiar to all after a summer holiday. 2012 Church Times 13 Jan. 3/3 Family relationships were the most important contributor to children's well-being. 2. With reference to a thing: good or safe condition, ability to flourish or prosper. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [noun] acceptableness1565 well-being1573 acceptance1594 acceptability1647 unobjectionableness1831 1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason iv. 156 Some are so necessary that the whole can haue no being without them: some are very necessary partes to the well being of an whole, and yet not so necessary but that it may haue a being without them. 1653 O. Ll. Despised Virgin Beautified 4 The antient Common-wealths men, who had begun to set forth the beauty and vertue of that Virgin, were not only disheartned, but many of them destroyed in their estates, for their fidelity to the grand interest of the well-being of the Plantation. 1702 E. Calamy Abridgm. Baxter's Life & Times vii. 137 He says, That Imposition of Hands is..a proper means necessary not to the Being, but the Well-being of Ordination. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 228 His loudly-expressed anxiety at every stage, respecting the safety and well-being of the two bags, the leather hat-box, and the brown paper parcel. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. Introd. 4 The principles necessary to the well being of the art. 1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 944 Procedure such as this, however, is extremely detrimental to the well-being of the springs. 1959 Life 18 May (verso front cover) (advt.) The well-being of your hair, the natural look of Miss Clairol color are their chief concerns. 2001 Water Gardening Oct. 32/2 Also known as oxygenating plants, submerged aquatics are, in fact, essential for the well being of your pond. 3. In plural. Individual instances of personal welfare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > instances of wealtha1300 prosperities1340 prospering?1567 well-beings1643 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. sig. A2^v The Goodnesse, the Commonnesse of the Cause, (which concernes our whole three Kingdomes, Parliaments, Religion, and every one of our well-beings, in this present world). a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) 207 He is the Author of our beings and our well-beings. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. Pref. 4 So that it may be said with Justice, that we owe our Beings to God, and under him our Well-beings to the Law. 1864 Dental Reg. West 18 381 Other pursuits and avocations of life, far less intimately connected with the comfort and well-beings of humanity, seem by their own spontaniety to be more and more flowing into utilitarian channels. 1933 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 7 115 The social sciences, seeking to interpret the collective well-beings of men. 1962 E. Bodenheimer in C. J. Friedrich Public Interest xvii. 207 We are also able to evaluate our interests as responsible members of a social group whose personal well-beings cannot be wholly dissociated from the well-being of the community to which we belong. 2012 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 27 Nov. 5 The twirling, twinkling displays in shop windows acting as some sort of hypnotic lighthouse for spendaholics does make me fear for all our fiscal well-beings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1561
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