ppl. a. Having a good foundation, firmly based.
1699. Boyer, Royal Dict., Eng.-Fr., Well-bottom’d, bien fondé.
1762. Wilkes, Corr. (1805), III. 33. I said … that it would be soon seen how well-bottomed I was.
1874. Morley, Compromise, iii. 105. Obviously only three ways of dealing with the great problems of which we have spoken are compatible with a strong and well-bottomed character.
