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well(-)shapen, ppl. a. Now arch.
Also 4–5 shape (schape, i-shape).
= prec.
αc1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 411 Be she neuere so faire or wel I-shape [v.r. wel schape]. 14..in Wr.-Wülcker 584/14 Formosus, Welshape. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ix. 232 Reynawde had xvi. fete of lengthe, & was well shape of body after y⊇ gretnes.
βa1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula etc. 6 Clene handes and wele shapen nailez. c1500Melusine xxxiii. 235 His fayre & wel shappen body. 1580Blundevil Order Dieting Horses ix. 4 b, A well shapen horse. 1687R. Blome Pres. St. Amer. 41 Chusing them [sc. Negroes] as men do Horses in a Fair, and according as they are handsom, lusty, well shapen, and young. 1710Shaftesbury Adv. Author Charac. (1711) I. 164 'Tis the Unhappiness of those Wits,..that..they can bring nothing well-shapen or perfect into the World. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede vi, A good-looking woman,..well-shapen, light-footed. |