单词 | well-hued |
释义 | well-huedadj. Having a strong, deep, or healthy colour (literal and figurative); vivid. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy looking quick?c1225 freshc1380 slickc1440 well-hueda1500 sleek1638 jollya1661 sonsy1720 sleekyc1725 well-looking1725 clean-run1881 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > having good colour well-coloureda1400 well-hueda1500 coloury1800 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > warmly coloured glowingc1400 well-hueda1500 warm-coloured1819 toasty1890 a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 99 Reymond was a man brode of body..face rody, we [l] hewid [a1525 Trin. Dublin wel I-hewed]. 1568 R. Sempill Ballat Ionet Reid in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 335 Wt vlis to rennew it and mak it weill hewit. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1660) 113 Malmseys be full Wines, pleasant, well hewed and fine. 1838 J. Bosworth Dict. Anglo-Saxon Lang. Wel-hæwen, well hued or coloured. 1857 U.S. Democratic Rev. Sept. 218 In well-hued novels, the end of the second volume discloses the consummation. 1917 W. Shepherd Confessions War Correspondent 194 The face of the youth with the scar..was smiling and well hued. 1998 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 10 May 59 Dear old Lollo Rosso, with its red frilly leaves, has colour and texture but, like so many well hued varieties, it has no taste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1500 |
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