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perfumed, ppl. a.|ˈpɜːfjuːmd, pəˈfjuːmd|
[f. perfume v. or n. + -ed. (Cf. F. parfume, 1528.)]
1. Impregnated with sweet odour; scented.
1538Elyot, Dict., Suffitus, perfumed. 1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 36 His Samela, whose breath was perfumed aire. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 12 In the perfum'd Chambers of the Great. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. xiii. §33 A present of Plate, Jewels, and perfum'd Leather. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 103 Perfumed distilled waters. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 35 She has just been dancing with that perfumed piece of a man they call Mr. Ladywell.
2. Having a natural perfume; fragrant or sweet-smelling; scented.
c1620Robinson Mary Magd. 318 The Pinke, y⊇ Daffodill and Cheuisance, All in Perfumed sets, yr fragrant heads aduance. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 73 The tail'd Pear..by some esteem'd because it is much perfum'd. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 432/1 C. Mahaleb, the perfumed cherry.
†3. fig. ‘Fragrant’ to the mind. Obs.
1625B. Jonson Staple of N. i. ii, Studied And perfumed flatteries. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. iii. (1851) 172 Perfumed bankets of Christian consolation. a1661Fuller Worthies, Glostersh. (1662) 362 Muriel..left a perfumed Memory to all the Neighbourhood. |