单词 | storied |
释义 | storiedadj. 1. Adorned with depictions or representations (in painting, sculpture, embroidery, etc.) of historical or legendary subjects; illustrated. Also: inscribed with a legend, epitaph, or the like. Chiefly archaic and literary in later use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > bearing inscription inwrittena1382 storied1481 lettered1593 charactered1598 mottoed1738 inscriptional1777 inscribed1826 legended1847 inscriptured1881 inscriptioned1888 inscripted1923 sloganed1966 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > decorated with > specific subject storied1481 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > historical painting > covered with storied1481 over-story1855 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. v. sig. b8 Clerkis..that haue the precyous bookes richely lymined storyed and wel adoubed. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. ii. 98 As for other Storied Workes vpon Walles, I doubt our Clime bee too yeelding and moist, for such Garnishment. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 And storied Windows richly dight, Casting a dimm religious light. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xi. 7 Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 53 The storied arras..With old achievement charms the wildered sight. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. iv. 53 Dust long outlasts the storied stone. 1862 J. Thrupp Anglo-Saxon Home 227 They occasionally wrought the storied mantles worn by kings at their coronation, on which mythological and historical subjects were delineated. 1912 Mrs. R. Fedden Sign iii. 20 The storied stones of English village graveyards. 1958 C. E. Smith Univ. Toulouse in Middle Ages i. 10 The storied capitals of the cloister of Moissac, of the Daurade and of Saint Etienne are marvels of ingenuity and felicity of expression. 2008 T. T. Williams Finding Beauty in Broken World (2009) 12 Standing beneath the storied ceiling of the Church of San Vitale, I am overwhelmed. 2. Celebrated or recorded in, or associated with, legend, history, or stories; fabled; legendary. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > historical record or chronicle > [adjective] > recorded in history storied1646 commentarieda1657 historieda1816 chronicled1826 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [adjective] > recorded in history storied1646 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience xi. 181 Neither indeed want we the storyed Examples of Gods Judgements upon those that defamed, prosecuted, and executed them for Witches, that indeed were none. 1672 C. Langford Gods Wonderful Mercy 121 As the storied town of sluggards did by their Smiths..drive them away that you may sleep the longer. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 440 Each known disaster of the Man disclose,..Recite them! nor in erring pity fear To wound with storied grief the filial ear. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles 387 They scorn'd to take from Greece the storied Theme, And dar'd to sing their own domestic Fame. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Love thou thy Land in Poems (new ed.) I. 223 Love thou thy land, with love far-brought From out the storied Past, and used Within the Present. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) vii. 183 The many historical places..which attract the spectator in the storied city of Florence. 1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana iv. 155 A very dry golden wine, which I prefer to any sherry, though its taste is not so storied. 1994 Canad. Geographic Jan. 43 Manitoba's storied waterway is rich in history and biodiversity. 2009 New Yorker 12 Jan. 7/1 Robert Gordon joins forces with his old sparring partner, the storied British guitarist Chris Spedding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : storeyedstoriedadj. < adj.1481 see also |
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