单词 | quainted |
释义 | † quaintedadj.1 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 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). < adj.11484adj.21560 |
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