well-thriven

adjective

That has developed well; flourishing, thriving, healthy.

First used 14th c.
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Meanings

adjectivewell-thriven (comparative more well-thriven, superlative most well-thriven)

comparative more well-thriven · superlative most well-thriven

  1. EnglandScotlandregionalThat has developed well; flourishing, thriving, healthy.First known use 14th c.

    Then I have a sort of quarrel against his face, though in his person, for a well-thriven man, tolerably genteel.

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
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