| 单词 | well-thewed |
| 释义 | † well-thewed, ppl. a. Obs.
[See thewed.]
Having a good character or disposition; well-conducted, well-mannered, virtuous.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 41 Þe wise manne and þat wel⁓þeaud child habbeð boðe on laȝe. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1914 He wulde ðat he sulde hem ten ðat he wel-ðewed sulde ben. 1387Trevisa Higden V. 89 Tweye ȝongelynges..wel i-þewed [moribus compositos]. 1390Gower Conf. I. 51 It sit a prest to be wel thewed, And schame it is if he be lewed. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas iv. 1121 This Calistenes, in youthe riht weel thewed. 1483Cath. Angl. 413/1 Wele thewyd, morigeratus. a1529Skelton Agst. Garnesche iv. 147 Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde. 1642–7H. More Song of Soul ii. i. i. xxiii, Well thewed minds the mind do alwayes setten free.
b. transf. of speech, etc.
c1522Skelton Why nat to Court? 328 Thy tonge is nat wel thewde. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 96 To nought more..my mind is bent, Then to heare nouells of his deuise: They bene so well thewed [E. K. Glosse, that is Bene moratæ, full of morall wisenesse]. 1594Zepheria i. 2 Many their well thewd rimes doe fayre attemper Vnto their amours. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Immed. Addr. 35 The Prayers of the Church, in our Common Liturgies,..are very well thewed and composed for the nonce, to fit the dispositions and affections of men. |
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