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单词 well-attempered
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well-attemperedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛləˈtɛmpəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛləˈtɛmpərd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and attempered adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., attempered adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + attempered adj.
Now rare.
Carefully moderated; thoroughly tempered (in various senses).In quot. 1909 with direct allusion to Tennyson's use in quot. 1852.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good
well-madec1325
well-setc1330
featous1340
largec1405
well-trussedc1425
well-attempereda1460
well-featureda1460
clean-limbed1461
well-bodied1481
well-drawn?a1534
clean-madea1535
trussed1548
clean-legged1568
trim1568
well-knit1581
well-thewed1583
well-timbered1595
clear-limbed1596
clean-timbered1598
well-mounted1607
well-turned1631
clever1674
neat-limbeda1697
well built1706
well-set-up1790
clean-built1840
athletic1925
mesomorphic1926
the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > equable
mildOE
attemperedc1430
well-attempereda1460
moderate1590
temperate1698
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > other states or forms
well-attempereda1460
sheet1582
unstamped1622
unplanished1683
shotten1766
calciform1782
spongy1807
cored1865
glazed1874
stamped1879
unwelded1885
solid-drawn1888
siliconized1920
inoculated1923
deep-drawn1925
stress-relieved1925
projection-welded1933
roll-formed1935
over-aged1953
scalped1958
a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 229 He that seith truly maye nat be dyshonoured; the humble man maye nat be hated; the wele-attempred man maye nat be seeke.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. lxxxvi. 380 With his heauie, stronge, and mightie targe..And strengthned with a couer thicke and large, Of stiffe and well attempred steele behind [It. E che alle terga poi di tempre elette Un coperchio d'acciajo ha sovrapposto], He shielded Raimond from the furious charge.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness viii. xiii. 416 He as warily avoids giving his sentence,..returning only this well-attemper'd Answer, Give unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.
1730 J. Thomson Sophonisba v. ii. 59 Many a hard event, Has found thee still so constant, so sincere, So wise, so brave, so generous, so humane, So well attemper'd, and so fitly turn'd.
1774 W. H. Roberts Poems 161 Sweet is the concord of harmonious sounds, When the soft lute, or pealing organ strikes The well-attempered ear.
1801 J. B. Burges Richard I I. 249 Now rung with blows each well-attemper'd mail, Loud as the floor which with his twanging flail The sturdy peasant strikes.
1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 74 A man of well-attemper'd frame.
1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 9 Vain the trust in lance and mail And well-attemper'd sword.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 442 The soft and well-attempered air of spring.
1909 Times 9 Dec. 7/5 He [sc. Asquith] was in praise and in dispraise the same—a man of well-attempered frame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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