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单词 well-waiting
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well-waitingadj.

Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and waiting adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., waiting adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + waiting adj.
Obsolete.
That waits on or attends patiently or obediently. (figurative in quots.)
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [adjective] > attending upon a person > well
well-waitinga1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xix. sig. M8 My well-waiting eyes espied my treasure, With sleeues turnde vp, loose haire, and brest enlarged.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. E2v Poetrie euer setteth vertue..out in her best cullours, making Fortune her wel-wayting hand-mayd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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