| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Bred in high life; of pure blood.[Websters]
2. Being courtly. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb high-bredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (high-bredly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective high-bred.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HIGH-BRED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
