well-cultivatedadj.
/ˌwɛlˈkʌltᵻveɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈkəltəˌveɪdᵻd/ Carefully tended or cultivated; highly refined or cultured.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > cultivated
wroughtOE
subact?1440
laboured1470
tilled1546
well-cultured1555
well-laboured1571
husbanded1578
toiled1578
well-husbanded1581
cultive1611
improved1617
cultivated1622
well-cultivated1650
manured1746
well-farmed1770
reduced1794
farmed1800
tillaged1854
tilthed1866
tame1887
1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans 43 The..allurement of a well cultivated soyle makes it [sc. the Plant] receive a new by exiling it from the old savagenesse and indomestication of its first seat and nature.
1672 J. Sergeant Reason against Raillery vi. 116 The Perfection of their well-cultivated Understanding.
1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 188 And plenteous Crops of golden Grain are found, Alone, to grace well-cultivated Ground.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. x. 401 A student of acute parts and a well cultivated understanding.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 171 The banks of the Rhine were crowned..with elegant houses and well-cultivated farms.
1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air I. ix. 181 The thriving, cheering aspect of our well-cultivated kingdom.
1879 M. Haweis Art of Dress 124 We are offending well-cultivated eyes and well-regulated minds.
1942 Jrnl. N.Y. Bot. Garden Apr. 95 Drug culture demands well cultivated soil and freedom from weeds.
2003 Times 15 Nov. (Weekend review) 33/1 Well-pruned, well-cultivated plants have had bumper crops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1650