hearsome

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout. rare
    — "[…] Thou dost like a hearsome wife, thou dost ever say."

词形变化

more hearsome comparative most hearsome superlative hearsum alternative,obsolete

词源

From Middle English hersum, ihersum, from Old English hīersum, ġehīersum (“obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀisam, *gahauʀisam, equivalent to hear + -some. Cognate with West Frisian hearsum (“obedient”), Dutch gehoorzaam (“obedient, dutiful, law-abiding”), Low German horzaam, hursam (“obedient”), German gehorsam (“obedient, submissive, subdued”), Swedish hörsam (“obedient”).
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