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thewed

/θjuːd/

thewed adjective: having thews or muscles. Also the simple past and past participle of thew.

Adjective

thewed

  1. Having thews or muscles.
  2. Accustomed or educated.
    • The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical...
    • They bene so well thewed, and so wise1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Also used as

thewed is also the simple past and past participle of thew.

Origin of thewed

From Middle English thewed (“well raised, well mannered, virtuous; habituated, trained”), from Old English ġeþēawod, past participle of Old English þēawian, ġeþēawian (“to make mannered, form the habits or character of a person, educate”), equivalent to thew + -ed.

From thew + -ed.

Words formed from thewed

Words that rhyme with thewed

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Questions about thewed

What does thewed mean?
Thewed means having thews or muscles.
What part of speech is thewed?
Thewed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thewed?
Thewed is pronounced /θjuːd/.

Words near thewed in the dictionary

  1. thevetin
  2. thevetins
  3. thevetioside
  4. thevofoline
  5. thew
  6. thewed
  7. thewing
  8. thewless
  9. thewlessness
  10. Thewlis
  11. Thewlises

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