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单词 well-conceited
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well-conceitedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlkənˈsiːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlkənˈsidᵻd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and conceited adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., conceited adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + conceited adj.
1. Of a person: favourably disposed; having a favourable opinion (of a person, in later use esp. oneself, or a thing). Now archaic and rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > [adjective] > favourably disposed
favourable1340
pleasantc1350
propense?1534
good disposed1553
well-affectioned1561
well-affected?1563
well-conceited1592
propensive1599
conceited1612
well-set1632
well-disposed1660
1592 E. Smyth tr. J. de L'Espine Disc. touching Tranquilitie vi. f. 140v To blot their credits, and..to make them odious vnto such, who are any thing well conceited of them.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxiii. 205 The people [were] well conceited of the Kings aimes.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 27 To be well conceited, and well affected toward his Maker.
1722 R. Cocks Farewell Serm. 20 Men are generally so well conceited of their own Abilities, that they are very apt to believe, that every Thing they do or think, is best and uncontroulable.
1766 Merlinus Liberatus sig. D Those stubborn Agents, though never so well conceited of the Management of their own clandestine Projects, meet with obstruction.
1907 ‘H. Strang’ On Spanish Main ix. 114 He was beat, as I said, and being well conceited of his skill, he was for a moment vexed.
2. Displaying great imagination or invention; witty, ingenious. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] > characterized by invention
conceited1542
deviceful1590
minted1598
well-conceited1598
inventive1601
good-conceiteda1616
made-up1773
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vi. sig. E6v Such straines of well-conceited poesie.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 31 Well conceited Dauy. View more context for this quotation
1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 81 A well-conceited fiction I haue read, Among the Stories which old Poets framed.
1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects v. 22 Wyse the youngest of the foure Brethren, went to the North, hauing instruments necessary with him to effectuate any thing that his well conceipted inuention could finde out.
1749 J. Upton Remarks on Three Plays of Jonson 95 A humourous and well-conceited speech of Jaques, in Shakespeare's As you Like it.
1755 M. Mendez Squire of Dames ii. xxiii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems IV. 147 Many a well conceited roundelay He sung in honour of his Columbel.
1896 Graphic 13 June 709/3 Such well-conceited dainty torments as when one would bite his love and be glad of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1592
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