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单词 quainted
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quaintedadj.1

Forms: late Middle English coynted.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quaint v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < quaint v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Adorned; made beautiful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [adjective]
well-kempt1327
quainted1484
primped1625
prinky1827
manicured1884
cosmeticked1890
tarted1938
flossied up1943
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lix. 85 Thenne cam these coynted and Ioly doughters in to the hoost of the Iewes, of whome many of them as they saw the beaute of them, were sore tempted.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 315 In an euyl heure sawe I euer thy coynted body, thy facion, & thy fayre fygure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

quaintedadj.2

Brit. /ˈkweɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈkweɪn(t)ᵻd/
Forms: 1500s quainted, 1700s– 'quainted.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: quaint v.1, -ed suffix1; acquainted adj.
Etymology: Either < quaint v.1 + -ed suffix1, or aphetic < acquainted adj.
Now rare.
Familiar; acquainted.In later use chiefly in representations of regional or nonstandard speech.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective]
couthOE
known1340
familiara1398
unstrangec1400
learnedc1420
conversant1430
beknown?c1475
well-beknown1480
quentc1540
well-kent1554
quainted1560
well-known1568
obversant1579
conversed1607
tame1609
familiarized1633
intimatea1680
household1761
homely1782
ole1835
old1898
1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. sig. Bb3 The horsmen kest themselues in crokings knowen of quainted ground.
1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij Heere by the quainted floodes and springs most holie remaining.
1788 S. Low Politician Out-witted iii. i. 27 You be 'quainted with monsieur de Schoolmastare, monsieur?
1823 S. B. H. Judah Tale of Lexington ii. ii. 45 Let me tel-tell you, sir, I was in-in-intimately 'quain-quainted with several bar-bar-barrow knights.
1862 Harper's Mag. July 280/1 De Gen'l is a gen'lman as isn't 'quainted wid culled people.
1895 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 72/1 (advt.) Why don't you get a typewriter, and a young woman to op'rate it? Den you will have time t' get quainted wid de misses and de kid.
1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum (1900) ii ‘Had him [sc. a horse] long?’ ‘Jes' long 'nough to git 'quainted with him.’
1912 P. Mackaye Yankee Fantasies 164 Come, don't cry, little gal. We'll soon git 'quainted.
1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. iv. 89 He wouldn't make me 'quainted. So Ah'm makin' mahseff 'quainted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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