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单词 well-itowen
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well-itowenadj.

Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and tee v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English itowen , tee v.1
Etymology: < well adv. + itowen, past participle of tee v.1 Compare Middle High German wolgezogen (German wohlgezogen , now archaic). Compare earlier untowen adj., and also wanton adj., foul-itowen adj.
Obsolete.
Properly educated, instructed, or brought up; displaying or characterized by good or modest behaviour.
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society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > well
well-itowenc1225
well-taughtc1275
lighty?a1425
groundlyc1449
well-informeda1500
well-entered1548
well-instructed1553
well-trained1562
well-educated1598
well-tutored1600
tutored1601
illuminated1661
well-cultured1760
society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > [adjective]
well-itowenc1225
mannerlyc1400
pudic1490
pudicala1513
modestiousa1549
modest1550
pudent1558
delicate1634
pudibund1656
pudibundous1656
decent1734
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 355 Hit is..muchele ladluker þen ei wel itohe muð for scheome mahe seggen.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 152 Þe scorpiun of lecherie..haueð swiche cundles. þet in an wel itoȝe muð. hare summes nome ne sit naut to nempnen. for þe nomeane muchte hurten alle wel itoȝene earen.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5036 Luces wes wel itoȝen [c1300 Otho wel icore].
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) 6444 Þo was alre laste ibore a child þat was wel itowe [c1275 Calig. wel icoren].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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