单词 | historied |
释义 | historiedadj. 1. Chiefly literary and poetic. Having a history (sometimes of a specified kind); recorded or celebrated in history; recounted, narrated. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > historical record or chronicle > [adjective] > recorded in history storied1646 commentarieda1657 historieda1816 chronicled1826 a1816 E. Hamilton Remarks Revelation in E. Benger Mem. Elizabeth Hamilton (1818) II. 225 In this chapter I think it plain that the historied sketches of natural religion comprehend not only the ages of Paganism, but the whole bounds of time. 1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 122 He sees, in some great-historied land, A ruler of the people stand. 1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin 122 You move in another dominion And hang o'er the historied stone. 1896 H. Belloc Verses & Sonnets 63 November is some historied Emperor, Conquered in age. 1934 R. Graves Claudius the God 333 It will be a matter for laughter to you..if your minds were ever dazzled by the historied glories of a remote past. 1943 S. Spender Spiritual Exercises 6 Within my shut skull flows a historied stream Of myths, fears, crimes. 1997 BBC Top Gear Mag. Nov. 193/2 Only buy straight, historied cars—avoid pimpy big wheels and chrome arches. 2. Inscribed or adorned with a pictorial representation of an event or events; decorated with historical scenes. Cf. history v. 2, historiated adj. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > other ornaments raffled1681 frosted1728 oviculated1789 voluted1810 antefixal1844 arborescent1849 dog-toothed1849 finialled1850 floreted1856 historied1936 1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iii. 64 The historied capital, or capital carved with figure-subjects, appears first in minor features. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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