nourished, ppl. a.
(ˈnʌrɪʃt)
[f. nourish v.]
† 1. well-nourished, well brought-up or educated. Obs.
| a 1330 Syr Degarre 275 Hit was a fair child, & a bold, Wel i-norisschet, god & hende. c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 28 For Symkyn wolde no wyf, as he sayde, But sche were wel i-norissched and a mayde. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3978 Ecuba, the onest & onerable qwene, Was..Alse sad in þe syens as semyt for a lady, Wele norisshed þerwith. |
2. Provided with nutriment or nourishment. Also well-nourished, well-fed.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 81 Þis oynement is clepid litargirum nutritum;..take of þilke litarge norischid .vij. parties [etc.]. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 105 With hurklit hude ouer a weill nureist neck. 1727–46 Thomson Summer 1737 Hence thro' her nourish'd powers.., She springs aloft. |
† b. nourished brother, foster-brother. Obs.—1
| 1470–85 Malory Arthur i. iii–v. 41 Syre Ector..rode vnto the Iustes, & with hym rode syr kaynus his sone & yong Arthur that was hys nourisshed broder. |