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English
Adjective
well-thriven (comparative more well-thriven, superlative most well-thriven)
- (now chiefly Scotland, England regional) That has developed well; flourishing, thriving, healthy.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: S Richardson; , →OCLC:Then I have a sort of quarrel against his face, though in his person, for a well-thriven man, tolerably genteel.