well-bred

== English == === Alternative forms === wellbred === Adjective === well-bred (comparative better-bred or more well-bred, superlative best-bred or most well-bred) (of animals) Of good breed. (of people) Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education (and, originally and literally but usually not in current usage, because well-born in a eugenic sense). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “well-bred”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.