| 单词 | great-witted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat-witted great-witted adj. now literary rare ΚΠ c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 118 (MED) Tweyn scolerrys off maystyr Ypocras, the qwyche were gret wyttyd men. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 138 A grete-wittid man sayd þus, [etc.]. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Aiijv A great wytted man may sone be enrychyd That laboryth and studyeth for ryches only. 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) iii. iv. i. i. 689 Great witted Aristotles workes are as much authenticall to them as Scriptures. 1998 P. Fallon News of World 128 I could have followed, scat to scat, or fitted my footprints to their bruting of the beaten path, signs of great-witted hoof and contradicting dew claw. 2006 W. Swanscombe Fresh Flesh 4 Mina and I..thought she meant to run for freedom; and that is what a lesser-hearted and lesser-witted woman might have done... Artemisia, great-hearted and great-witted, did nothing of the kind. < as lemmas |
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