well-favourednesswell-favorednessn.

Brit.

/wɛlˈfeɪvədnəs/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈfeɪvərdnəs/, Scottish English

/wɛlˈfevədnəs/

Forms: see well-favoured adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well-favoured adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < well-favoured adj. + -ness suffix.

Now chiefly Scottish and literary.

The quality or condition of being well-favoured; beauty, handsomeness, good looks.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > specifically of humans

fairnessOE

beautya1350

looksc1400

pertnessc1450

well-favouredness1545

thews1567

good looks1591

bonniness1603

good-lookingness1828

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 27^v Nature it selfe taught men to ioyne alwayes welfauourednesse with profytablenesse.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 129 He is reported greatlie to have mervayled at their witte and welfaverdnes.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 69 It maketh your Gelding haue a delicate fine leane head, of a comely shape, well fauorednesse and proportion.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvii. 215 The longevity, well favourednesse and innated honesty of the people.

1683 K. Chetwood tr. Plutarch Life Lycurgus in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I. 166 An honest man who had love for a married woman upon the account of her modesty and the well-favourdness of her Children, might without formality beg of her Husband a nights lodging, that he might have a slip of so goodly a Tree.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Weill Weil-faur'tness, handsomeness.

1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (Lady Burton's ed.) III. 33 Khalid..was pleased with his well-favouredness and elegant aspect.

1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 10 Meggie hedna nae weel-faurtness tae blaw aboot.

1979 E. L. Ruhe in R. F. Hardin Survivals of Pastoral 110 In our mental image of the Biblical Abel we recognize his well-favoredness and his vulnerability.

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

单词	well-favouredness
释义	well-favourednesswell-favorednessn. Brit. /wɛlˈfeɪvədnəs/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈfeɪvərdnəs/, Scottish English /wɛlˈfevədnəs/ Forms: see well-favoured adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well-favoured adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < well-favoured adj. + -ness suffix. Now chiefly Scottish and literary. The quality or condition of being well-favoured; beauty, handsomeness, good looks. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > specifically of humans fairnessOE beautya1350 looksc1400 pertnessc1450 well-favouredness1545 thews1567 good looks1591 bonniness1603 good-lookingness1828 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 27^v Nature it selfe taught men to ioyne alwayes welfauourednesse with profytablenesse. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 129 He is reported greatlie to have mervayled at their witte and welfaverdnes. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 69 It maketh your Gelding haue a delicate fine leane head, of a comely shape, well fauorednesse and proportion. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvii. 215 The longevity, well favourednesse and innated honesty of the people. 1683 K. Chetwood tr. Plutarch Life Lycurgus in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I. 166 An honest man who had love for a married woman upon the account of her modesty and the well-favourdness of her Children, might without formality beg of her Husband a nights lodging, that he might have a slip of so goodly a Tree. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Weill Weil-faur'tness, handsomeness. 1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (Lady Burton's ed.) III. 33 Khalid..was pleased with his well-favouredness and elegant aspect. 1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 10 Meggie hedna nae weel-faurtness tae blaw aboot. 1979 E. L. Ruhe in R. F. Hardin Survivals of Pastoral 110 In our mental image of the Biblical Abel we recognize his well-favoredness and his vulnerability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1545
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