thewed

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/θjuːd//θuːd/

adjective

Having thews or muscles.

OriginMiddle English thewed ← Old English ġeþēawod →
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Meanings

thewed1

adjective
  1. Having thews or muscles.
  2. Accustomed or educated.

    They bene so well thewed, and so wise

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
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    The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]

    The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]

    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 Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 130, lines 145–147

thewed2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of thew

Origin

thewed · adjective

  1. Old Englishþēawian
  2. Old Englishġeþēawod
  3. Middle Englishthewed“well raised, well mannered, virtuous; habituated, trained”
  4. Englishthewed

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.

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thewed · verb

From thew + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thewed

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Cite this entry
APA

thewed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thewed

MLA

“thewed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thewed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thewed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thewed.

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