† ill-turnedadj.

Etymology: < ill adv. + turned, past participle of turn v.

Obsolete.

a. Badly turned, shapen, or expressed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done

unslya1300

misframeda1450

mismadec1480

ill-fashioned1600

bungled1619

ill-turneda1637

blunderly1746

stickit1784

wall-eyed1847

craftless1905

jack-legged1907

jackleg1936

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > ill-composed

incondite1634

ill-turneda1637

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 628 in Wks. (1640) III He'd bid blot all, and to the Anvill bring Those ill-torn'd verses to new hammering [L. delere iubebat, Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus].

a1704 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §70 A mixture of rudeness and ill turned confidence.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 477 Horace directs to send back the ill-turned line to the anvil.

b. Having an evil turn of mind, ill-disposed.

ΚΠ

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 380 The capital Gentry of England..seemed to be ill-turned, and not to apprehend the Dangers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	ill-turned
释义	† ill-turnedadj. Etymology: < ill adv. + turned, past participle of turn v. Obsolete. a. Badly turned, shapen, or expressed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done unslya1300 misframeda1450 mismadec1480 ill-fashioned1600 bungled1619 ill-turneda1637 blunderly1746 stickit1784 wall-eyed1847 craftless1905 jack-legged1907 jackleg1936 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > ill-composed incondite1634 ill-turneda1637 a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 628 in Wks. (1640) III He'd bid blot all, and to the Anvill bring Those ill-torn'd verses to new hammering [L. delere iubebat, Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus]. a1704 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §70 A mixture of rudeness and ill turned confidence. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 477 Horace directs to send back the ill-turned line to the anvil. b. Having an evil turn of mind, ill-disposed. ΚΠ a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 380 The capital Gentry of England..seemed to be ill-turned, and not to apprehend the Dangers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1637
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