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lettered, ppl. a.|ˈlɛtəd|
Forms: 4–5 lett(e)rid(d, -yd, 4–6 lett(e)red, Sc. letterit, -yt, 5–6 letterd(e, 6 Sc. lettiret, 4– lettered. Also 4 y-lettrede.
[f. letter n.1 or v. + -ed.]
1. Acquainted with or instructed in letters; learned, literate, educated.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7894 Prest wel y-lettrede ys to blame, Þat [etc.]. c1350Will. Palerne 4088 A ful loueli lady lettered at þe best. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 957 Twa of Irland þat..sum dele letteryt ware. a1400–50Alexander 2241 Lettrid berne Quare-to feynys þou þis fare? 1481Caxton Godfrey clxi. 238 Peter bertilmewe, clerk and but litil lettred. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) II. 684 Ane letterit man profound in all science. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 12 Agaynst those lettered heretickes Iohn speaketh playnly. 1571Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1633) 125 They inquired not whether..their Ministers were lettered. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 48 Mounsier, are you not lettred? 1605Camden Rem., Epigr. 14 A man well borne and better lettered. 1689Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 305 London, abounding with so many wits and lettered persons. 1713Steele Guardian No. 94 ⁋5 The lettered coxcombs without good-breeding give..just occasion to rallery. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 2 ⁋14 It may not be unfit for him who makes a new entrance into the lettered world..to suspect his own powers. a1822Shelley Def. Poetry Pr. Wks. 1888 II. 17 The bucolic writers, who found patronage under the lettered tyrants of Sicily and Egypt. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) II. 3 The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid of the lettered clergy.
absol.1362Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 125 Lereþ hit þis lewed men for lettrede hit knoweþ. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. lvii. 134 He..toke, both of letred & of lewed, þe cursed tallages of gold & of siluer. 1433Lydg. S. Edmund App. 374 Symple and lettryd ther heedys did enclyne.
2. Of or pertaining to learning or learned men; characterized by learning or literary culture.
1709Prior To Dr. Sherlock on Death 31 Wit may admire, and letter'd Pride be taught. 1775Johnson West. Isl. Wks. X. 317 And entertained with all the elegance of lettered hospitality. 1798S. Rogers Ep. to Friend 137 This sheltered scene of lettered talk. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey i. i, He was a man of lettered tastes. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. Introd. (1883) 45 This was my all of lettered intercourse. 1875Tennyson Q. Mary ii. i, He loved the more His own..letter'd peace.
3. Composed of a (specified) number of letters.
1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 346 That foure lettered name of God.
4. Inscribed with letters; spec. of a book: Having the title, etc. on the back in gilt or coloured letters.
1665J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 163 A letter'd and straight and long Order denotes..the Conflicts of Combatants. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4293/3 Gilt-back, and Letter'd. 1712Addison Spect. No. 463 ⁋6, I observed one particular Weight lettered on both Sides. 1740Dyer Ruins Rome 324 Phoebus' letter'd dome. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 12 The next thing which engaged my attention was the lettered floor. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 80 Hervey's Meditations, calf lettered. a1813A. Wilson Th. Churchyard Poet. Wks. (1846) 13, I woo thee, thoughtful, from this letter'd stone. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. i. 82 One glance at the lettered back. 1872W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks vi. 169 Camden, who speaks of a lettered stone he saw. |