best-laidadj.

Brit.

/ˌbɛs(t)ˈleɪd/, U.S.

/ˌbɛs(t)ˈleɪd/

Forms: see best adj., n.¹, and adv. and lay v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: best adv., lay v.¹

Etymology: < best adv. + the past participle of lay v.¹, after well-laid adj.

1. That has been laid in the best manner or to the highest standard.In quot. 1561 in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 158^v These (I say) be the best layed foundations to bylde a mans lyfe.

1824 R. Stevenson Railway 6/2 Such heavy loads are attended with much inconveniency; they distort the best laid rails by shaking the whole fabric of the road.

1884 W. L. Carpenter Energy in Nature 95 The neglect of this..will make the best-laid conductor practically useless.

1911 R. H. Edmonds in G. French New Eng. 370 One may ride over roads almost as perfect as the best-laid city street.

2011 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 19 June f6/1 The best-laid floors start with a plan.

2. Of a plan, scheme, etc.: formulated most carefully or meticulously. Now chiefly in best-laid plans with allusion to quot. 1786.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly

well-deviseda1425

well-laid1533

well-calculated1593

well-laid1595

well-designed1624

best-laida1626

ill-contrived1632

well-planned1728

well-schemed1728

set piece1947

a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 998 The best laid plotts, whith [sic] Him [sc. God], prove no better but even as uncertaine lotts, but even hap-hazard, if He list to disappoint them.

1689 G. Burnet Serm. preached before Prince of Orange 31 It will be easie for him [sc. God]..to defeat even the greatest and best-laid Designs.

1786 R. Burns To Mouse vii, in Poems 140 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. 241 To frustrate all our best-laid plans.

1846 Bentley's Misc. 20 326 But mark how the best laid schemes will sometimes prove abortive!

1861 J. M. Rymer Edith the Captive I. 327/2 Are all our best-laid plots and arrangements at the mercy of Heron, the highwayman?

1939 V. Sackville-West Let. 1 Sept. in Lett. to V. Woolf (1984) 359 I had meant to ring you up and ask if Nigel and I might come to luncheon tomorrow, but my best-laid plans have gone agley.

1986 Dædalus Summer 150 ‘Micro-social’ effects..can create major perturbations in the best-laid human plans and social trends.

2000 Independent 12 June (Monday Review section) 4/1 We gain an obscure satisfaction from watching our best-laid plans go down the plughole.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	best-laid
释义	best-laidadj. Brit. /ˌbɛs(t)ˈleɪd/, U.S. /ˌbɛs(t)ˈleɪd/ Forms: see best adj., n.¹, and adv. and lay v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: best adv., lay v.¹ Etymology: < best adv. + the past participle of lay v.¹, after well-laid adj. 1. That has been laid in the best manner or to the highest standard.In quot. 1561 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 158^v These (I say) be the best layed foundations to bylde a mans lyfe. 1824 R. Stevenson Railway 6/2 Such heavy loads are attended with much inconveniency; they distort the best laid rails by shaking the whole fabric of the road. 1884 W. L. Carpenter Energy in Nature 95 The neglect of this..will make the best-laid conductor practically useless. 1911 R. H. Edmonds in G. French New Eng. 370 One may ride over roads almost as perfect as the best-laid city street. 2011 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 19 June f6/1 The best-laid floors start with a plan. 2. Of a plan, scheme, etc.: formulated most carefully or meticulously. Now chiefly in best-laid plans with allusion to quot. 1786. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly well-deviseda1425 well-laid1533 well-calculated1593 well-laid1595 well-designed1624 best-laida1626 ill-contrived1632 well-planned1728 well-schemed1728 set piece1947 a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 998 The best laid plotts, whith [sic] Him [sc. God], prove no better but even as uncertaine lotts, but even hap-hazard, if He list to disappoint them. 1689 G. Burnet Serm. preached before Prince of Orange 31 It will be easie for him [sc. God]..to defeat even the greatest and best-laid Designs. 1786 R. Burns To Mouse vii, in Poems 140 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. 241 To frustrate all our best-laid plans. 1846 Bentley's Misc. 20 326 But mark how the best laid schemes will sometimes prove abortive! 1861 J. M. Rymer Edith the Captive I. 327/2 Are all our best-laid plots and arrangements at the mercy of Heron, the highwayman? 1939 V. Sackville-West Let. 1 Sept. in Lett. to V. Woolf (1984) 359 I had meant to ring you up and ask if Nigel and I might come to luncheon tomorrow, but my best-laid plans have gone agley. 1986 Dædalus Summer 150 ‘Micro-social’ effects..can create major perturbations in the best-laid human plans and social trends. 2000 Independent 12 June (Monday Review section) 4/1 We gain an obscure satisfaction from watching our best-laid plans go down the plughole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1561
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