informedadj.¹

Brit.

/ɪnˈfɔːmd/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈfɔrmd/

Forms: see inform v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: inform v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < inform v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Of a person, the mind, etc.: instructed; educated about or acquainted with a fact, subject, etc.; knowledgeable.Frequently with modifying adverb, as badly-informed, best-informed, under-informed, etc. See also better-informed at better adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 1a, ill-informed adj. at ill- comb. form 1c(d)(iii), over-informed adj., well-informed adj.Earliest in well-informed adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught

taughta1382

learnedc1384

instructc1425

induct1481

informeda1500

educate?1533

instructed1552

schooled1557

educated1569

trained?1591

teached1639

scholared1830

formed1833

educationized1835

indoctrinated1870

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective]

yleredc897

keena1000

wisec1000

leredc1154

wittya1225

cunningc1325

taughta1382

clergialc1386

wittilyc1400

philosophicala1425

erudite?a1475

clergyable1488

informeda1500

studieda1513

estudied1550

learned1556

well-read?1576

scholarly1583

scholarlike1588

well-digested1602

literated1611

artificial1618

scienced1636

clerk-like1638

scollardicall1654

philosophic1665

virtuosoa1667

virtuousa1680

doct1694

blue-stockinged1791

bluestocking1793

scholared1830

eruditical1832

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 396 Sible..was..in good werkes wele Enfourmyd.

1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) Pref. to Edw. VI sig. Aiiii When they consider that informed reason was the onely instrument.

1615 T. Cooper Christians Daily Sacrifice (rev. ed.) iii. x. 508 So as that we do nothing against a truly informed conscience, [etc.].

1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2062 Whenever you are in company with informed and knowing people.

1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 88 There is nothing..that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding.

1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 322 The theoretical and presumptive reasonings of this informed author.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 186 Not..known in the best informed circles of London.

1898 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 17 86 It is the..product of an intensely pious but badly informed person.

1916 Virginia Law Rev. 3 654 There are statements which an informed reader may consider too broad and wish to see qualified.

1957 N. Coward Diary 3 Feb. (2000) 348 The British Empire was a great and wonderful social, economic and even spiritual experiment, and all the parlour pinks and eager, ill-informed intellectuals cannot convince me to the contrary.

2001 M. R. Gueldry France & European Integration ii. 58 There was..a general feeling that..members of the French Parliament..ran the risk of becoming underinformed and marginalized.

b. Of an action, opinion, decision, etc.: based on or influenced by knowledge or by an understanding of a particular situation; enlightened; (of a work) characterized by or demonstrating knowledge or learning.

ΚΠ

1897 Westm. Gaz. 13 July 6/3 Eliciting an informed and shrewd opinion upon an outlook so depressing.

1904 Daily Chron. 20 July 3/4 The original illustrations which gave such an added value to the work as an informed picture and study of Japan.

1942 A. Leiserson Admin. Regulation vi. 166 He has a problem about which he wants the advice of the committee, and he wants it to take informed action.

1975 M. Duffy Capital i. 33 We can make an informed guess based on the nearest evidence.

2007 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 2 Sept. e6 The laws on involuntary medical treatment focus on a person's capacity to make informed decisions.

†2. Put into form; formed, created, fashioned. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped

wroughtOE

forged1382

formedc1440

feignedc1475

framed1565

informed1581

turned1623

worked1682

configurate1716

moulded1728

configurated1753

1581 T. R. Right Christian Treat. xxix. 124 Thy diuine essence hath alwaies bin, and yet is without matter; although it lacke no forme, to wit, informed, the forme of formes, the most welformed forme.

1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Beautie 167 Doe still preserve your first informed grace, Whose shadow yet shynes in your beauteous face.

Compounds

informed consent n. Law permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences; (Medicine) consent to a medical or surgical procedure given after all relevant information (esp. regarding potential risks and benefits) has been disclosed to the patient or the patient's guardian; an instance of such consent.

ΚΠ

1940 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 113 158/1 A trustee is not permitted to buy in the trust property on his own account without permission of the court or informed consent of the beneficiaries.

1957 Pacific Reporter (1958) 2nd Ser. 317 181/2 A physician violates his duty to his patient and subjects himself to liability if he withholds any facts which are necessary to form the basis of an intelligent consent to the proposed treatment... In discussing the element of risk a certain amount of discretion must be employed consistent with the full disclosure of facts necessary to an informed consent.

1980 Lancet 16 Feb. 376/2 After informed consent had been obtained, patients were withdrawn from therapy when they had been depression-free for a month.

1994 New Scientist 25 June 47/3 There is also a need for a policy of ‘prior informed consent’ whereby exporters of biotechnical products are required to inform an importing country of any restrictions or bans placed on their products.

2006 Daily Tel. 10 May 21/5 Patients wishing to undergo surgery and anaesthesia must give informed consent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† informedadj.²

Forms: see in- prefix⁴ and formed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: in- prefix⁴, formed adj.

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + formed adj., after either classical Latin informis or French informe: see inform adj.¹ Compare informal adj., inform adj.¹With sense 3 compare post-classical Latin informis (1665 in stella informis ), itself after Hellenistic Greek ἀμόρϕωτος ; compare also French informe (1691 in this sense), and earlier unformed adj.¹ 3.

Obsolete.

1. Of faith: that is not formed or animated by charity (charity n. 1). Cf. inform adj.¹ 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > [adjective] > inform

informeda1530

inform faith1546

informal1813

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxix Fayth informed, al though it be imperfyte, yet..it is fayth.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvi^v But than fayth is an informed fayth, or a derke fayth.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome ii. v. 280 A beleefe..such as the scripture calleth historicall, is diabolicall, dead, informed, vnprofitable.

1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining iii. xxix. 173 An informed faith they call a belief of the truths of religion, without any love to them, or of God.

2. Unformed; lacking form (form n. 4a); imperfectly formed. Cf. inform adj.¹ 1b, 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective] > unformed or not shaped

unformeda1340

unshapenc1350

unfashioned1538

unshaped1572

informed?1609

indigested1613

unmoulded1620

ineffigiate1657

unacted1700

?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World i. vii. 88 There is a temple of Bacchus Fiery-face,..where a ritch and rare statue of his is erected, not like a grown man as else-where it is, but of an informed birth, iust as his father tooke him from the burning womb of Semele.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iii. §2. 53 An informed Light, which on the fourth day had its perfect form.

1642 A. Ross Mel Heliconium 101 When they write that Zephyrus begot Cupid of an egge; what can it else mean, but that the spirit of God did manifest his love, in drawing out of the informed and confused egge of the Chaos, all the creatures.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. v. 190 The latter [rushes] having a pith altogether inform'd.

1704 W. Coward Grand Ess. 157 To suppose Created and Informed matter not able to move itself.

3. Astronomy. Designating a star that does not form a recognized part of a constellation. Cf. unformed adj.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by position > [adjective] > unconstellated

informed1679

unconstellated1782

sparsile1891

1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 71 Informed Stars, (That is, without form.) Such of the Fixed Stars as are not cast into, or ranged under any Constellation, or form.

1768 J. Hill New Astron. Dict. at Nebulose stars A four-foot refracting telescope shews it distinctly among the several informed stars that are about that constellation.

1846 J. L. Comstock & R. D. Hoblyn First Bk. Astron. 113/1 Modern astronomers have contrived to include all the informed stars [in one or other constellation].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	informed
释义	informedadj.¹ Brit. /ɪnˈfɔːmd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɔrmd/ Forms: see inform v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: inform v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < inform v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Of a person, the mind, etc.: instructed; educated about or acquainted with a fact, subject, etc.; knowledgeable.Frequently with modifying adverb, as badly-informed, best-informed, under-informed, etc. See also better-informed at better adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 1a, ill-informed adj. at ill- comb. form 1c(d)(iii), over-informed adj., well-informed adj.Earliest in well-informed adj. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught taughta1382 learnedc1384 instructc1425 induct1481 informeda1500 educate?1533 instructed1552 schooled1557 educated1569 trained?1591 teached1639 scholared1830 formed1833 educationized1835 indoctrinated1870 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] yleredc897 keena1000 wisec1000 leredc1154 wittya1225 cunningc1325 taughta1382 clergialc1386 wittilyc1400 philosophicala1425 erudite?a1475 clergyable1488 informeda1500 studieda1513 estudied1550 learned1556 well-read?1576 scholarly1583 scholarlike1588 well-digested1602 literated1611 artificial1618 scienced1636 clerk-like1638 scollardicall1654 philosophic1665 virtuosoa1667 virtuousa1680 doct1694 blue-stockinged1791 bluestocking1793 scholared1830 eruditical1832 a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 396 Sible..was..in good werkes wele Enfourmyd. 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) Pref. to Edw. VI sig. Aiiii When they consider that informed reason was the onely instrument. 1615 T. Cooper Christians Daily Sacrifice (rev. ed.) iii. x. 508 So as that we do nothing against a truly informed conscience, [etc.]. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2062 Whenever you are in company with informed and knowing people. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 88 There is nothing..that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 322 The theoretical and presumptive reasonings of this informed author. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 186 Not..known in the best informed circles of London. 1898 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 17 86 It is the..product of an intensely pious but badly informed person. 1916 Virginia Law Rev. 3 654 There are statements which an informed reader may consider too broad and wish to see qualified. 1957 N. Coward Diary 3 Feb. (2000) 348 The British Empire was a great and wonderful social, economic and even spiritual experiment, and all the parlour pinks and eager, ill-informed intellectuals cannot convince me to the contrary. 2001 M. R. Gueldry France & European Integration ii. 58 There was..a general feeling that..members of the French Parliament..ran the risk of becoming underinformed and marginalized. b. Of an action, opinion, decision, etc.: based on or influenced by knowledge or by an understanding of a particular situation; enlightened; (of a work) characterized by or demonstrating knowledge or learning. ΚΠ 1897 Westm. Gaz. 13 July 6/3 Eliciting an informed and shrewd opinion upon an outlook so depressing. 1904 Daily Chron. 20 July 3/4 The original illustrations which gave such an added value to the work as an informed picture and study of Japan. 1942 A. Leiserson Admin. Regulation vi. 166 He has a problem about which he wants the advice of the committee, and he wants it to take informed action. 1975 M. Duffy Capital i. 33 We can make an informed guess based on the nearest evidence. 2007 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 2 Sept. e6 The laws on involuntary medical treatment focus on a person's capacity to make informed decisions. †2. Put into form; formed, created, fashioned. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped wroughtOE forged1382 formedc1440 feignedc1475 framed1565 informed1581 turned1623 worked1682 configurate1716 moulded1728 configurated1753 1581 T. R. Right Christian Treat. xxix. 124 Thy diuine essence hath alwaies bin, and yet is without matter; although it lacke no forme, to wit, informed, the forme of formes, the most welformed forme. 1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Beautie 167 Doe still preserve your first informed grace, Whose shadow yet shynes in your beauteous face. Compounds informed consent n. Law permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences; (Medicine) consent to a medical or surgical procedure given after all relevant information (esp. regarding potential risks and benefits) has been disclosed to the patient or the patient's guardian; an instance of such consent. ΚΠ 1940 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 113 158/1 A trustee is not permitted to buy in the trust property on his own account without permission of the court or informed consent of the beneficiaries. 1957 Pacific Reporter (1958) 2nd Ser. 317 181/2 A physician violates his duty to his patient and subjects himself to liability if he withholds any facts which are necessary to form the basis of an intelligent consent to the proposed treatment... In discussing the element of risk a certain amount of discretion must be employed consistent with the full disclosure of facts necessary to an informed consent. 1980 Lancet 16 Feb. 376/2 After informed consent had been obtained, patients were withdrawn from therapy when they had been depression-free for a month. 1994 New Scientist 25 June 47/3 There is also a need for a policy of ‘prior informed consent’ whereby exporters of biotechnical products are required to inform an importing country of any restrictions or bans placed on their products. 2006 Daily Tel. 10 May 21/5 Patients wishing to undergo surgery and anaesthesia must give informed consent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † informedadj.² Forms: see in- prefix⁴ and formed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: in- prefix⁴, formed adj. Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + formed adj., after either classical Latin informis or French informe: see inform adj.¹ Compare informal adj., inform adj.¹With sense 3 compare post-classical Latin informis (1665 in stella informis ), itself after Hellenistic Greek ἀμόρϕωτος ; compare also French informe (1691 in this sense), and earlier unformed adj.¹ 3. Obsolete. 1. Of faith: that is not formed or animated by charity (charity n. 1). Cf. inform adj.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > [adjective] > inform informeda1530 inform faith1546 informal1813 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxix Fayth informed, al though it be imperfyte, yet..it is fayth. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvi^v But than fayth is an informed fayth, or a derke fayth. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome ii. v. 280 A beleefe..such as the scripture calleth historicall, is diabolicall, dead, informed, vnprofitable. 1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining iii. xxix. 173 An informed faith they call a belief of the truths of religion, without any love to them, or of God. 2. Unformed; lacking form (form n. 4a); imperfectly formed. Cf. inform adj.¹ 1b, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective] > unformed or not shaped unformeda1340 unshapenc1350 unfashioned1538 unshaped1572 informed?1609 indigested1613 unmoulded1620 ineffigiate1657 unacted1700 ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World i. vii. 88 There is a temple of Bacchus Fiery-face,..where a ritch and rare statue of his is erected, not like a grown man as else-where it is, but of an informed birth, iust as his father tooke him from the burning womb of Semele. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iii. §2. 53 An informed Light, which on the fourth day had its perfect form. 1642 A. Ross Mel Heliconium 101 When they write that Zephyrus begot Cupid of an egge; what can it else mean, but that the spirit of God did manifest his love, in drawing out of the informed and confused egge of the Chaos, all the creatures. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. v. 190 The latter [rushes] having a pith altogether inform'd. 1704 W. Coward Grand Ess. 157 To suppose Created and Informed matter not able to move itself. 3. Astronomy. Designating a star that does not form a recognized part of a constellation. Cf. unformed adj.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by position > [adjective] > unconstellated informed1679 unconstellated1782 sparsile1891 1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 71 Informed Stars, (That is, without form.) Such of the Fixed Stars as are not cast into, or ranged under any Constellation, or form. 1768 J. Hill New Astron. Dict. at Nebulose stars A four-foot refracting telescope shews it distinctly among the several informed stars that are about that constellation. 1846 J. L. Comstock & R. D. Hoblyn First Bk. Astron. 113/1 Modern astronomers have contrived to include all the informed stars [in one or other constellation]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.¹a1500adj.²a1530
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Compounds

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