figuredadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɪɡəd/,

/ˈfɪɡjʊəd/, U.S.

/ˈfɪɡjərd/

Etymology: < figure v., figure n. + -ed suffix¹ and -ed suffix².

1. In various senses of the verb: Shaped into a figure or figures; represented by figures, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > [adjective] > represented

portrayeda1400

imaged1493

figured1552

pictured1582

delineate1596

delineated1641

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > into (a) figure(s)

figured1552

figurate1867

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Figured like an Image, imaginatus.

1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. A6 He refusde to take her figured proffer.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 348 This Goblet rough with figur'd Gold.

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 14 The figur'd Streams in Waves of Silver roll'd.

2. Having a particular figure or shape. In combination with adverbs, as fair, foul, ill figured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having (specific) shape

proportionedc1390

figured?a1400

shapena1400

featuredc1500

proportionated1612

figurated1642

shaped1720

?a1400 Morte Arth. 2151 The faireste fygured folde that fygurede was ever.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ii. 175 Thilke beste was..so foule figured that [etc.].

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clv. 593 Thoughe they were ones fayre now they be fowle and yll fygured.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 141 Its summits are finely figured, and richly diversified.

†3. Having definite shape; also, formed into figures or patterns. Cf. figurate adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having definite shape

shapen1483

figurate1626

figured1626

shapely1827

shaped1845

crystallized1847

morphous1852

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §588 Trees and Herbs, in the growing forth of their Boughs and Branches are not figured and keep no order.

1778 G. White Let. 7 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 239 Geese and cranes..move in figured flights.

1786 R. Willan in Med. Communications 2 118 He had a figured natural stool, and..two or three loose motions.

4. Adorned or ornamented with patterns or designs. figured card = court-card n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective]

flourishedc1400

figury1467

figured1490

traceda1525

infigured1611

patterned1758

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) ii. 15 Riche tapysserye of the destruction of Troye, Well and alonge fygured.

1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. D6 Fugerd sattin, & veluet.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 149 Ile giue..My figurde goblets for a dish of wood.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Velours a fond de satin,..Figured Satin.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 38 A pretty figured linen gown.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 124 The figured curtain of sleep.

1882 I. Mayo Mrs. Raven's Temptation II. 87 She wore..a figured shawl.

5. Adorned with rhetorical figures; figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > [adjective]

figured?a1513

figurate1530

figurative1589

schematical1679

configurative1787

troped1922

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 258 Figurit speiche with faceis tua.

c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §32 (1762) 127 Figured and metaphorical expressions do well to illustrate more abstruse and unfamiliar ideas.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 62 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Stile is divided by the Rhetoricians into the Proper and the Figured.

1861 M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France 170 The figured language of which he is a master.

6. Of a dance: Consisting of figures.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [adjective]

figured1711

lancer-like1892

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 91 Enthusiasm, which is..wrought upon by Chalices, Candles, Robes, and figur'd Dances.

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 163 Nor any missing of their figured dance.

7. Music.

a. = florid adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [adjective] > florid

figurate1708

figurative1744

coloured1853

florid1876

melismatic1877

figured1879

figural1938

1879 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) Figured Counterpoint is where several notes of various lengths, with syncopations and other ornamental devices, are set against the single notes of the Canto fermo; and Figured melody, or Canto figurato, was the breaking up of the long notes of the church melodies into larger or more rapid figures or passages.

b. figured bass n. = thorough bass: see bass n.⁵

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > bass parts

bourdonc1400

burden1594

bassus1605

thoroughbass1632

bass1666

ground bass1685

continuo1724

continued bass1728

figured bass1786

walking bass1825

basso ostinato1876

bass line1894

bottom1936

bottom line1963

basso continuo-

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music at Figured A bass, accompanied with numerical characters, denoting the harmony formed by the upper or superior parts of the composition, and directing the chords to be played by the organ, harpsichord, or piano-forte, is called a figured bass.

1948 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 325 Seventy years ago I filled up the figured basses in Stainer's textbook of harmony quite correctly.

8. Heraldry. (See quot. and cf. figure n. 10c.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [adjective] > resembling a human face

figured1830

1830 in T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss.

1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 61/1 Charges on which human faces are depicted, are blazoned Figured, as the Sun, Crescents, etc.

Derivatives

ˈfiguredly adv.

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the world > space > shape > [adverb] > definitive shape

figuredly1637

1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table i. 11 Not so figuredly and distinctly in the later.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	figured
释义	figuredadj. Brit. /ˈfɪɡəd/, /ˈfɪɡjʊəd/, U.S. /ˈfɪɡjərd/ Etymology: < figure v., figure n. + -ed suffix¹ and -ed suffix². 1. In various senses of the verb: Shaped into a figure or figures; represented by figures, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [adjective] > represented portrayeda1400 imaged1493 figured1552 pictured1582 delineate1596 delineated1641 the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > into (a) figure(s) figured1552 figurate1867 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Figured like an Image, imaginatus. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. A6 He refusde to take her figured proffer. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 348 This Goblet rough with figur'd Gold. 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 14 The figur'd Streams in Waves of Silver roll'd. 2. Having a particular figure or shape. In combination with adverbs, as fair, foul, ill figured. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having (specific) shape proportionedc1390 figured?a1400 shapena1400 featuredc1500 proportionated1612 figurated1642 shaped1720 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2151 The faireste fygured folde that fygurede was ever. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ii. 175 Thilke beste was..so foule figured that [etc.]. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clv. 593 Thoughe they were ones fayre now they be fowle and yll fygured. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 141 Its summits are finely figured, and richly diversified. †3. Having definite shape; also, formed into figures or patterns. Cf. figurate adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having definite shape shapen1483 figurate1626 figured1626 shapely1827 shaped1845 crystallized1847 morphous1852 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §588 Trees and Herbs, in the growing forth of their Boughs and Branches are not figured and keep no order. 1778 G. White Let. 7 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 239 Geese and cranes..move in figured flights. 1786 R. Willan in Med. Communications 2 118 He had a figured natural stool, and..two or three loose motions. 4. Adorned or ornamented with patterns or designs. figured card = court-card n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] flourishedc1400 figury1467 figured1490 traceda1525 infigured1611 patterned1758 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) ii. 15 Riche tapysserye of the destruction of Troye, Well and alonge fygured. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. D6 Fugerd sattin, & veluet. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 149 Ile giue..My figurde goblets for a dish of wood. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Velours a fond de satin,..Figured Satin. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 38 A pretty figured linen gown. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 124 The figured curtain of sleep. 1882 I. Mayo Mrs. Raven's Temptation II. 87 She wore..a figured shawl. 5. Adorned with rhetorical figures; figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > [adjective] figured?a1513 figurate1530 figurative1589 schematical1679 configurative1787 troped1922 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 258 Figurit speiche with faceis tua. c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §32 (1762) 127 Figured and metaphorical expressions do well to illustrate more abstruse and unfamiliar ideas. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 62 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Stile is divided by the Rhetoricians into the Proper and the Figured. 1861 M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France 170 The figured language of which he is a master. 6. Of a dance: Consisting of figures. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [adjective] figured1711 lancer-like1892 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 91 Enthusiasm, which is..wrought upon by Chalices, Candles, Robes, and figur'd Dances. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 163 Nor any missing of their figured dance. 7. Music. a. = florid adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [adjective] > florid figurate1708 figurative1744 coloured1853 florid1876 melismatic1877 figured1879 figural1938 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) Figured Counterpoint is where several notes of various lengths, with syncopations and other ornamental devices, are set against the single notes of the Canto fermo; and Figured melody, or Canto figurato, was the breaking up of the long notes of the church melodies into larger or more rapid figures or passages. b. figured bass n. = thorough bass: see bass n.⁵ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > bass parts bourdonc1400 burden1594 bassus1605 thoroughbass1632 bass1666 ground bass1685 continuo1724 continued bass1728 figured bass1786 walking bass1825 basso ostinato1876 bass line1894 bottom1936 bottom line1963 basso continuo- 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music at Figured A bass, accompanied with numerical characters, denoting the harmony formed by the upper or superior parts of the composition, and directing the chords to be played by the organ, harpsichord, or piano-forte, is called a figured bass. 1948 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 325 Seventy years ago I filled up the figured basses in Stainer's textbook of harmony quite correctly. 8. Heraldry. (See quot. and cf. figure n. 10c.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [adjective] > resembling a human face figured1830 1830 in T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 61/1 Charges on which human faces are depicted, are blazoned Figured, as the Sun, Crescents, etc. Derivatives ˈfiguredly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adverb] > definitive shape figuredly1637 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table i. 11 Not so figuredly and distinctly in the later. 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