† linguishedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Skilled in language or languages; = linguist adj.
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the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > skilled in a language or languages
languageda1400
well-languagedc1450
linguist1607
linguished1630
mezzofantic1904
1630 J. Taylor Great Brit. in Blacke (new ed.) in Wks. 336/1 Mean time she [sc. my Muse] 'mongst the linguish'd [1612 linguist] Poets throngs; Although she want the helpe of Forraigne Tongs.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 They are..delicately linguishd, the most part of them, being brought vp in France or Italy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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- rough about the edges
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