单词 | well-reared |
释义 | well-rearedadj. Properly or successfully reared (in various senses of rear v.1). Now: esp. well-brought-up; well-bred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > well-bred gentlec1325 kindc1330 inqueredc1440 well-born?c1450 well-bred1585 well nutrimenteda1592 well-reared1597 high-bred1604 jaunty1664 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Judgem. ii. xxxix. 404 There was neuer any [monarchie or common wealth], though neuer so well reared and furnished, and deepe rooted, which at the length hath not bene demolished. 1640 J. Tatham Fancies Theater sig. *5 When you have survai'd Each roome within this Theater,..you'l allow To render me account of all, and how You like the fabrick, if it be well rear'd. a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 185 Put this into coffins of fine light well reared crust. 1776 H. Downman Infancy: Bk. III 20 Nor to their lips forbid The well-rear'd melon, nor th'Anana's rich And poignant crispness. 1798 J. Smith Gen. View Agric. Argyll xiii. 226 The high prices obtained for some handsome and well reared cattle. 1818 Christian Observer Aug. 544/1 With subversion and ruin to many a well-reared temple and well-stored granary. 1875 J. B. O' Brien Jack Hazlitt, A.M. i. 4 Mrs. John Hazlitt was a devout woman, a well-reared Roman Catholic. 1948 Life 9 Feb. 136/1 (caption) Well-reared rope-skippers could still be ladylike as long as they retained their gloves. 2012 Canberra Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. a12 Organic chickens will always be more expensive, but well-reared, organic birds have great flavour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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