单词 | esteemed |
释义 | esteemedadj. Held in esteem, valued, respected. Much in vogue as a complimentary epithet in commercial correspondence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [adjective] > esteemed toldc1275 alosed1448 esteemed1549 regarded1561 expectablec1565 circumspect1579 valued1602 considered1665 well-considered1826 1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. C3v What an hynderaunce is it to haue a good garmente hurte..or anye estemed thyng to be decaied. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 16 A man of subtill wit and esteemed valour. 1781 J. Moore View Soc. Italy (1790) II. lxxviii. 450 Ornamented with some highly esteemed sculpture in wood. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 183 According to the esteemed qualities of the time. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) I. 247 An esteemed tutor in noble families. 1903 Daily Chron. 25 Feb. 7/2 Sir, yours of even date to hand. If you can make it convenient, we should be glad if you could come on Wednesday morning to try on your esteemed favour. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. ii. 37 He [sc. a draper] never acknowledged an order that was not an esteemed favour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1549 |
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