单词 | subtle-witted |
释义 | > as lemmassubtle-witted subtle-witted adj. ΚΠ a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 3296 Famous in knyhthod for his worthynesse, Sotil wittid, and koude bi eloquence. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 130v It is a parte not..of a good manne: but rather of a suttlewitted. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 165 But Sidrophel more subtle-witted, Cry'd out. 1735 J. Clarke tr. Eutropius Hist. Rome (ed. 3) ix. 147/2 Dioclesian was a cunningly behaved man, sagacious too and very subtle witted. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxvi, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 317 Jupiter..Laughed heartily to hear the subtle-witted Infant give such a plausible account. 1991 Observer (Nexis) 24 Mar. 46 He is a subtle-witted individual, whose favourite pastime is fishing. < as lemmas |
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