单词 | well-fashioned |
释义 | well-fashionedadj. 1. Well-mannered, courteous, polite. Now rare and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered well-theweda1200 theweda1400 mannerablea1475 mannered1483 well-mannereda1513 mannerlya1529 well-fashioned1540 unrude1648 good-mannered1715 mannersome1876 couth1896 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. i. sig. Civ I had in gouernaunce, or ruled my sonne beinge a yonge babe in age.., farthermore so well facioned in his condytions [L. tam bene conditum] (that thou couldest desyre nothynge more to be in hym). 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Morigené,..well behaued, of good carriage, well fashioned. 1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 418 Hee stood fauoured and well esteemed of, by gentle-men and others of his owne quality, the Diuel infusing into him an insinuating and well fashioned deportment of himselfe. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. xvii. 296 Behauing himselfe with so well-fashioned modesty. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 517 His daughter (a pretty Virgin, & well fashion'd). 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (1699) §143. 259 First, a disposition of the Mind not to offend others; and, Secondly, the most acceptable, and agreeable way of expressing that Disposition. From the one, Men are called Civil; from the other Well-fashion'd. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 198. ⁋2 A young Man of Two and twenty, well-fashioned, learned, genteel. 1883 W. Jolly Life J. Duncan 341 There's some fowks sae weel-fashioned wi' books that they never open them. 1925 Ayr Advertiser 29 Oct. A douce well-fussent giglot. 2. Originally: having a well-proportioned shape or form. Later usually more generally: skilfully made, produced, or constructed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > well put together well-madec1325 well-composed1485 well-fashioned1542 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought craftyOE well-wrought?c1225 broidenc1230 quaintc1300 craftily?c1335 craftiousc1400 hagherc1400 well-madec1475 artificial1490 well-framed1532 well-fashioned1542 crafted?1548 well-laboured1550 finished1582 well built1605 well-arted?1611 composeda1616 technical1656 affabrous1755 well-worked1865 technic1877 well-crafted1926 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Concinnus, proper, well facioned, mynyon. 1551 King Edward VI Chron. & Polit. Papers (1966) (modernized text) 161 No member in a well-fashioned and whole body is too big for the proportion of the body. 1566 T. Blundeville Arte of Rydynge (rev. ed.) i. iii. f. 4, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Hys thyghes large and longe, wyth bones well fashyned. 1583 R. P. tr. P. de la Sierra Second Pt. Myrror of Knighthood i. i. f. 9 Not much lesse was he now amased at the strong bodye of this knight, and at his huge and well fashioned weapons. 1642 E. Reynolds Eugenia's Teares 12 Good matter is like a beautiful body, and Eloquence the well fashioned Garment, the one not rudely to be slubbered up, nor the other exprest in carelesse words. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Art of Love (1709) i. 38 Wear well-fashion'd Cloaths, like other Men. 1753 H. Baker Employment for Microscope xx. 121 In some Part or other of the Drop, you will seldom fail to find a very regular and well-fashioned two-edged Sword of Crystal. 1830 N.-Y. Mirror 30 Oct. 134/2 How disconsolate the poor lover stands! regardless of the rain that threatens an exceeding damage to his well-fashioned habiliment. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 194 When down in thy ship well-fashioned at last thou drawest anigh Unto the Three-horned Island. 1897 C. F. Markell Ypiranga ii. 20 The loose sleeve of her bodice had fallen back revealing a brown, but well fashioned arm. 1930 P. S. Smith & J. B. Mertie Geol. & Mineral Resources N.W. Alaska 111 Some exceptionally well fashioned stone spearheads were found near an old native camp site. 2004 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Sport section) 2 Just before the hour Middlesbrough regained the lead with a well-fashioned goal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1540 |
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