well-contentadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlkənˈtɛnt/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlkənˈtɛnt/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and content adj.² and n.⁴

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., content adj.²

Etymology: < well adv. + content adj.²

Highly pleased, gratified, or satisfied. Chiefly in predicative use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective]

paidc1225

well-queemc1225

well-paidc1230

apaid1297

well-apaidc1300

setea1350

pleaseda1382

contentc1400

agreed1417

well-pleased1423

well begonea1425

well-contenta1438

well-contented1461

satisfied1477

contentful1542

unrepining1559

satisfied1566

sufficed1590

contented1597

undispleased1598

perfecta1616

complacential1658

in humour1673

beneplacit1678

comfortable1770

gratified1818

wishless1820

like a possum up a gum tree1840

chuffc1860

all right1882

gruntled1938

chuffed1957

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 57 (MED) The preste, hauyng confidens in hys promysse, was wel content.

a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 448 (MED) Whan thys payment of a thowsande pounde Was well contente, they shulde have chaffare sounde.

1527 Bp. W. Knight in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. xxviii. 58 It may bechance that the king..may be right well content.

1556 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 298 Off the quhilk sowme forsaid I grant me weill content, satisfiit, and pait.

1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands iii. 32 Now would the men with half their hoped pray Bee well content.

1734 Weekly Amusement 25 Jan. 307/2 I live in a hollow tree, And never pay my rent; Providence provides for me, and I am well content.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 805 He that finds One drop of heav'n's sweet mercy in his cup, Can dig, beg, rot and perish, well content, So he may wrap himself in honest rags At his last gasp.

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xx, in Poems 50 The lads an' lasses..Sit round the table, weel content, An' steer about the toddy.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 21 So Philip rested with her well-content.

1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song ii. 182 Long might they live and grow healthy, wealthy, and well content.

2007 S. Burns in S. Sherwin & P. Schotch Engaged Philos. vii. 171 Pi is a well-content Hindu when at fourteen he encounters Jesus Christ.

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

单词	well-content
释义	well-contentadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlkənˈtɛnt/, U.S. /ˌwɛlkənˈtɛnt/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and content adj.² and n.⁴ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., content adj.² Etymology: < well adv. + content adj.² Highly pleased, gratified, or satisfied. Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] paidc1225 well-queemc1225 well-paidc1230 apaid1297 well-apaidc1300 setea1350 pleaseda1382 contentc1400 agreed1417 well-pleased1423 well begonea1425 well-contenta1438 well-contented1461 satisfied1477 contentful1542 unrepining1559 satisfied1566 sufficed1590 contented1597 undispleased1598 perfecta1616 complacential1658 in humour1673 beneplacit1678 comfortable1770 gratified1818 wishless1820 like a possum up a gum tree1840 chuffc1860 all right1882 gruntled1938 chuffed1957 a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 57 (MED) The preste, hauyng confidens in hys promysse, was wel content. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 448 (MED) Whan thys payment of a thowsande pounde Was well contente, they shulde have chaffare sounde. 1527 Bp. W. Knight in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. xxviii. 58 It may bechance that the king..may be right well content. 1556 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 298 Off the quhilk sowme forsaid I grant me weill content, satisfiit, and pait. 1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands iii. 32 Now would the men with half their hoped pray Bee well content. 1734 Weekly Amusement 25 Jan. 307/2 I live in a hollow tree, And never pay my rent; Providence provides for me, and I am well content. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 805 He that finds One drop of heav'n's sweet mercy in his cup, Can dig, beg, rot and perish, well content, So he may wrap himself in honest rags At his last gasp. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xx, in Poems 50 The lads an' lasses..Sit round the table, weel content, An' steer about the toddy. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 21 So Philip rested with her well-content. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song ii. 182 Long might they live and grow healthy, wealthy, and well content. 2007 S. Burns in S. Sherwin & P. Schotch Engaged Philos. vii. 171 Pi is a well-content Hindu when at fourteen he encounters Jesus Christ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1438
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