well-culturedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈkʌltʃəd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈkəltʃərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., cultured adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + cultured adj.

1. Of soil, the ground, etc.: carefully cultivated. Also in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

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

1555 R. Eden tr. V. Biringucci Pyrotechnia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 328^v Vppon such mountaynes I haue seene great wooddes of chestnutte trees, beeches also and okes, with well cultured and frutfull fieldes [It. campi lauoratiui].

1658 T. Bancroft Heroical Lover viii. 82 The rich soiles well-cultur'd state Render'd it chief of Islands Fortunate.

1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. ii. 71 Kitchen Herbes and Roots requires very fat, light, warme, and well cultured ground.

1772 tr. A. von Haller Usong II. iv. 287 Prefer a well-cultured field to the most delightful garden.

1884 Lady Wilde Driftwood from Scand. i. 11 Truly a fair and fertile land, robed and carpeted with foliage and flowers, as if verdure were no trouble to the well-cultured soil of England.

1912 N. H. Kennard Lafcadio Hearn xiv. 153 You feel as if you had been walking through a well-cultured upland country.

2006 C. Lemert Durkheim's Ghosts i. 28 To plant the truth of his sociological method in a well-cultured field.

2. Much improved by education and training; highly educated or refined; (now) esp. characterized by or having a good knowledge of the arts.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > well

well-itowenc1225

well-taughtc1275

lighty?a1425

groundlyc1449

well-informeda1500

well-entered1548

well-instructed1553

well-trained1562

well-educated1598

well-tutored1600

tutored1601

illuminated1661

well-cultured1760

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > cultured

polite1601

improved1617

cultivated1645

well-cultured1760

cultured1777

high-minded1827

highbrow1908

kulturny1955

1760 M. Wodhull Ode to Muses 9 We here behold in one great bard, combin'd With native genius, a well cultur'd mind.

1791 Universal Mag. Oct. 273/2 Our plain, rough, well-cultured, and enlightened sex have..submitted to..this universal queen of simulations and inconsistencies.

1838 F. H. Rankin Man without Soul I. vii. 154 Mr. Molyneux never made himself dull and intolerable in company, and was singularly well-bred, well-cultured, steady, and settled.

1872 H. Lee Country Stories II. 107 Books,..supposing the owner to have collected them, tell a story; and these told one of a well-cultured, individual mind.

1907 J. H. Stark Loyalists of Mass. (1910) ii. 182 He was a most useful and estimable man, modest, indefatigable, well-cultured, soundly sensible.

1957 Indiana Mag. Hist. Mar. 116 Professor Craven somewhat surprisingly lends his well-cultured voice to the chorus of those historians..who are busily rehabilitating the reputation of the Puritan.

2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. 6 Films such as The Seventh Seal.., and Through a Glass Darkly..became as essential to the well-cultured individual as was the latest Samuel Beckett play or Albert Camus novel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-cultured
释义	well-culturedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈkʌltʃəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈkəltʃərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., cultured adj. Etymology: < well adv. + cultured adj. 1. Of soil, the ground, etc.: carefully cultivated. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ 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 1555 R. Eden tr. V. Biringucci Pyrotechnia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 328^v Vppon such mountaynes I haue seene great wooddes of chestnutte trees, beeches also and okes, with well cultured and frutfull fieldes [It. campi lauoratiui]. 1658 T. Bancroft Heroical Lover viii. 82 The rich soiles well-cultur'd state Render'd it chief of Islands Fortunate. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. ii. 71 Kitchen Herbes and Roots requires very fat, light, warme, and well cultured ground. 1772 tr. A. von Haller Usong II. iv. 287 Prefer a well-cultured field to the most delightful garden. 1884 Lady Wilde Driftwood from Scand. i. 11 Truly a fair and fertile land, robed and carpeted with foliage and flowers, as if verdure were no trouble to the well-cultured soil of England. 1912 N. H. Kennard Lafcadio Hearn xiv. 153 You feel as if you had been walking through a well-cultured upland country. 2006 C. Lemert Durkheim's Ghosts i. 28 To plant the truth of his sociological method in a well-cultured field. 2. Much improved by education and training; highly educated or refined; (now) esp. characterized by or having a good knowledge of the arts. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > well well-itowenc1225 well-taughtc1275 lighty?a1425 groundlyc1449 well-informeda1500 well-entered1548 well-instructed1553 well-trained1562 well-educated1598 well-tutored1600 tutored1601 illuminated1661 well-cultured1760 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > cultured polite1601 improved1617 cultivated1645 well-cultured1760 cultured1777 high-minded1827 highbrow1908 kulturny1955 1760 M. Wodhull Ode to Muses 9 We here behold in one great bard, combin'd With native genius, a well cultur'd mind. 1791 Universal Mag. Oct. 273/2 Our plain, rough, well-cultured, and enlightened sex have..submitted to..this universal queen of simulations and inconsistencies. 1838 F. H. Rankin Man without Soul I. vii. 154 Mr. Molyneux never made himself dull and intolerable in company, and was singularly well-bred, well-cultured, steady, and settled. 1872 H. Lee Country Stories II. 107 Books,..supposing the owner to have collected them, tell a story; and these told one of a well-cultured, individual mind. 1907 J. H. Stark Loyalists of Mass. (1910) ii. 182 He was a most useful and estimable man, modest, indefatigable, well-cultured, soundly sensible. 1957 Indiana Mag. Hist. Mar. 116 Professor Craven somewhat surprisingly lends his well-cultured voice to the chorus of those historians..who are busily rehabilitating the reputation of the Puritan. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. 6 Films such as The Seventh Seal.., and Through a Glass Darkly..became as essential to the well-cultured individual as was the latest Samuel Beckett play or Albert Camus novel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1555
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