Reverse Dictionary: WELL-BEHAVED

ADJECTIVES
► COUTH cultured, well-mannered → 1896
► FALKLAND-BRED well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred → 1721 Sc. obs.
► FARRAND ► FARRANT well-behaved, decent, becoming → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GENTILITATE having gentle, refined, or polished manners, well-mannered → 1632 obs.
► GOOD AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable → L19 orig. US
► GRACIE devout, religious; well-behaved → 1825 Sc.
► GRADELY-LIKE well-behaved → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE well-behaved → 1954 Amer. dial.
► MANNERABLE well-behaved, polite → c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MANNERED well-behaved → c1450 obs.
► MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered → 1922 Amer. dial.
► MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered → 1929 Amer. dial.
► MANNERSOME well-behaved; having good manners → 1876 Eng. & Amer. dial..
► MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MINDABLE well-mannered → 1970 Amer. dial.
► NICE AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable → 1922 US sl.
► SANSHACH of children: sage, sensible, well-behaved → 1904 Sc.
► SWEET AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable → L19 orig. US

NOUNS – PERSON
► ANGEL a very well-behaved child; a pure, innocent, or morally good person; a person of exemplary virtue or conduct → 1477
► AULD MAID’S BAIRN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others → 1899 Sc.
► AULD MAID’S WEAN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others → 1928 Sc.
► CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person → 1901 US sl.
► CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person → 1925 US sl.
► CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person → 1905 US sl.
► LADY HALEY a well-behaved, obliging little girl → 1904 Amer. dial.
► MAIDEN’S BAIRN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others → a1779 Sc.
► NYLON a well-behaved young woman → 1986 sl.
► YOUNG FOGEY a well-mannered, unfashionable young person → 2004 UK sl. (Bk.)