twice-toldadj.adv.

Etymology: See tell v. 17, 2.

1. Counted or reckoned twice; twice as much as, twice (in amount). (Usually following the word or phrase qualified.) †In quot. 1579 adverbial = in a twofold degree, doubly.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [adverb]

twoc900

twifoldlyc1000

twice1308

doublyc1380

doublec1384

twicea1398

twice-told1430

twofold1526

twifolda1640

duplicately1660

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. xiv. 64/1 Vpon my fyngirs fyue twies told I hadde ryngis.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 472/2 We see also y^t we are guiltie twise tolde.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 195 An hundred times, twice told .

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 6 Twice-told the Period spent on stubborn Troy, Court-Favour, yet untaken, I besiege.

2. Narrated or related twice.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > often told

well-told1533

twice-tolda1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 108 Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 538 What so tedious as a twice-told tale?

1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times I. 94 I will now merely state, (to avoid a twice told tale,) that we arrived.

1837 Hawthorne (title) Twice-Told Tales.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	twice-told
释义	twice-toldadj.adv. Etymology: See tell v. 17, 2. 1. Counted or reckoned twice; twice as much as, twice (in amount). (Usually following the word or phrase qualified.) †In quot. 1579 adverbial = in a twofold degree, doubly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [adverb] twoc900 twifoldlyc1000 twice1308 doublyc1380 doublec1384 twicea1398 twice-told1430 twofold1526 twifolda1640 duplicately1660 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. xiv. 64/1 Vpon my fyngirs fyue twies told I hadde ryngis. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 472/2 We see also y^t we are guiltie twise tolde. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 195 An hundred times, twice told . View more context for this quotation 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 6 Twice-told the Period spent on stubborn Troy, Court-Favour, yet untaken, I besiege. 2. Narrated or related twice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > often told well-told1533 twice-tolda1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 108 Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 538 What so tedious as a twice-told tale? 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times I. 94 I will now merely state, (to avoid a twice told tale,) that we arrived. 1837 Hawthorne (title) Twice-Told Tales. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.adv.1430
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