单词 | cried-up |
释义 | cried-upadj. Extolled. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > commended or praised losedc1305 herieda1400 praiseda1400 flatteredc1440 commended1477 magnified1554 soothed1601 extolled1632 cried-up1642 lauded1824 acclaimed1867 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxii. 213 A cried-up Beauty makes more for her own praise then her husbands profit. 1656 Hectors i. iii. 12 Some common places of the cryed up Wits and Beauties of the Towne, with certain formula's of censure on them all, may a little prolong his Discourse. 1826 Q. Oriental Mag. Mar. 124 There are sensible men, indeed, who think, that this loudly-cried-up-freedom-of-discussion would do more harm than good. 1886 F. Caddy Footsteps Jeanne D'Arc 228 Another of these much-cried-up spires. 1949 E. F. Carritt tr. B. Croce My Philos. ii. 26 This cried-up liberty was merely a by-product of capitalist economy. 1999 R. J. Connors in M. Rosner et al. Hist., Refl. & Narr. i. 17 These programs were the only ones in a position to try to meet the need for composition specialists that resulted from the much-cried-up literacy crises of the late 1970s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642 |
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