wellbred
wellbred is the alternative form of well-bred.
Meaning of well-bred
Adjective
well-bred (comparative better-bred or more well-bred, superlative best-bred or most well-bred)
- Of good breed.
- Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education (and, originally and literally but usually not in current usage, because well-born in a eugenic sense).
- Halpin [Frayser]’s death and the post-mortem demoniacalness of the well-bred Southern woman, lops off the grafted branches of the human and cuts it down to that stump of itself which is primordial, persistent, unconscious animalism.1918, The Stratford Monthly: An International Magazine, Boston, Mass.: Stratford Company, →OCLC, page 44
Forms of wellbred
| comparative | more wellbred |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wellbred |
Questions about wellbred
- What is wellbred the alternative form of?
- Wellbred is the alternative form of well-bred.
Words near wellbred in the dictionary
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