单词 | prized |
释义 | prizedadj. 1. Greatly valued; highly esteemed. Frequently with modifying word, as highly, much, most, etc.In quot. 1538: famous or renowned. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] dearc888 dearworthc888 worthlyeOE oughtsOE worthfulOE aughtOE richa1225 gildenc1225 of pricea1325 worthya1325 of (‥) valourc1330 prow1340 dearworthyc1374 of value1395 pricefula1400 presc1400 singularc1400 goldena1425 well-foundc1475 valiant1481 prized1487 prowousa1500 valuable1567 prizable1569 valorous1592 suit-worth1594 bully1600 estimable1600 treasurable1607 treasurous?1611 treasured1675 pearly1770 at a premium1828 keep-worthy1830 good value1842 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. l. 325 A! quhat vorschip is prisit thing, For it makis men to haf loving. 1538 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 209 The prysed memoryes and perpetuall renowned factes of the famouse princes of Israel. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 33 Sum poyetis full prist..fayned þere speche. 1596 C. Middleton Hist. Heaven l. 468 They should draw men from their chiefe resort, And make proud women lose their best priz'd sport. 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 290 Desires of pleasing himself in..the assequution of any higher prized good. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) i. iv, in Wks. I. 195 It is proofe against thunder, and inchantment: and was giuen mee by a great man (in Russia) as an especiall-priz'd present. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 201 He..falling into some low priz'd Rogueries afterwards..was..Transported. 1786 H. Cowley School for Greybeards i. i. 9 I think I could venture to exchange my dear prized liberty, for captivity with her. 1807 J. Tobin Curfew iii. iii. 29 I became The priz'd companion of your blooming daughter. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvii. 180 Two of our most prized comrades. 1896 F. Cohen & E. Boyd Vassar 53 Other much prized delicacies which tantalize the underclassmen as they pass by. 1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xii. 105 The most popular and highly prized samples are round, of a bright colour and with a white ‘eye’ or hilum. 1991 Christie's Internat. Mag. Winter 2/2 His prized possessions will be offered at a series of auctions at Christie's New York. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > dear or expensive dear1044 costful1340 costious1340 costlewa1387 costlya1400 costy?c1430 prized1500 high1542 high-priced1591 expenseful1605 chary1610 expensivea1661 salt1710 dearthful1786 big ticket1906 pricey1932 exclusive1942 up-market1972 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adjective] > having the price fixed or stated priced1552 prized1682 1500 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 349 [The lands] to be broikit and joisit be the sade Alexander perpetualy as his heretage and as prisit landis for det. 1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 153 For the prisit corn the king ourraid at halking, xiiij s. 1534 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 418 And in speciale anent his prisit landis of Downy. 1642 S. Harcourt in Macmillan's Mag. 45 289/2 Some prittee small laces, but not prized ones; for I will spare your pursse as much as may be. 1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) iv. 44 'Tis a low priz'd commodity in my eyes. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 19 Mar. (O.H.S.) II. 362 The priz'd Catalogue wch I have seen. (Priced is still so pronounced by some.) This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1487 |
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