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well-taught, ppl. a.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 127 At mete, wel ytaught was she with alle. c1470Henry Wallace i. 294 He was..Nocht large of tong, weille taucht and debonayr. 1560Bible (Geneva) Ecclus. xxxi. 19 How litle is sufficient for a man wel taught? 1594Kyd Cornelia v. 52 Our warie wel-taught troopes. 1605B. Jonson Volpone iv. v, When that well-taught dame Had her Qu: giuen her, to crie out a rape. 1645Waller Poems, To Flavia ii, The graces of a well taught minde. 1711Pope Temp. Fame 165 Wise Aurelius, in whose well-taught mind With boundless pow'r unbounded virtue join'd. 1854Poultry Chron. II. 155 Some of the German birds are well-taught musicians.
absol.a1879Geo. Eliot Leaves fr. Note-bk. Ess. (1884) 361 The well-taught, an increasing number. |