单词 | well-attempered |
释义 | well-attemperedadj. Now rare. Carefully moderated; thoroughly tempered (in various senses).In quot. 1909 with direct allusion to Tennyson's use in quot. 1852. ΘΚΠ 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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