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单词 well-appointed
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well-appointedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛləˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛləˈpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and appointed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., appointed adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + appointed adj.
Properly equipped; elegantly fitted out. Now usually of accommodation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out > well
well-attiredc1330
well beseena1393
well seena1400
well-furnished?c1452
well-garnished1481
well-boden1496
well-appointed1523
well-equipped1588
well-fitted1598
well-mounted1621
well-accoutred1637
well-geared1688
well-found1705
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. lxxxxv/2 They toke their way to entre into Parys by the gate saynt Honoure, and sodenly as they went, they founde thenglysshmen in a lowe way, they were a foure hundred well apoynted.
1588 J. Aske Elizabetha Triumphans 17 Twise-tenne hundred well appointed Horsse, To serue with Launce.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 189 The gentle Arch-bishop of Yorke is vp With well appointed Powres.
1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in Battaile Agincourt 100 Ten thousand valient well-appointed men.
1656 A. Cowley Brutus in Pindaric Odes iv One would have thought t'had heard the morning crow, Or seen her well-appointed Star Come marching up the Eastern Hill afar.
1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 44 This General he sent with a well-appointed Army, to oppose the Moors.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 676 In him thy well-appointed proxy see, Arm'd for a work too difficult for thee. View more context for this quotation
1835 Court Mag. 6 166/2 The well-appointed silk, waterproof, ivory-handled, umbrella of his friend.
1864 A. Thomas Denis Donne I. ii. 29 She saw that he had good horses and a well-appointed mail-phaeton.
1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 3 A well-appointed hotel.
1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) III. 214/2 A well-appointed billiard room, simply furnished, and with only a few sporting prints hung upon the walls.
1947 ‘P. Wentworth’ Wicked Uncle xi. 67 When Gladys had left her in the comfortable, well-appointed bedroom she walked slowly towards the hearth.
2010 Belfast Tel. Home Finder (Nexis) 15 Apr. 30 Most house hunters dream about walking into an incredibly well-appointed house, where there is little or no work to do.

Derivatives

well-aˈppointedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > state or fact of being provided or supplied > state or fact of being equipped > well
well-furnishedness1662
well-appointedness1680
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 82 They have Breast-plates of Iron, which shows the courage of these Saracens, and their well-appointedness for War.
1890 H. James Tragic Muse xxvi He remembered too..her actual smartness, as London people would call it, her well-appointedness.
1995 A. Alcock tr. J. Assmann Egyptian Solar Relig. in New Kingdom (2009) vii. 205 The Teaching for Merikare, which praises the well-appointedness of the world and regards creation and the course of the sun as having been made for the sake of human beings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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