well-kentadj.

Brit.

/wɛlˈkɛnt/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈkɛnt/, Scottish English

/wɛlˈkɛnt/

Forms:

α. See well adv. and n.⁴ and kenned adj.

β. See well adv. and n.⁴ and kent adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., kenned adj.; well adv., kent adj.

Etymology: In α. forms < well adv. + kenned adj. In β. forms < well adv. + kent adj. Compare earlier well-known adj.

Scottish.

Well-known, familiar.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective]

couthOE

known1340

familiara1398

unstrangec1400

learnedc1420

conversant1430

beknown?c1475

well-beknown1480

quentc1540

well-kent1554

quainted1560

well-known1568

obversant1579

conversed1607

tame1609

familiarized1633

intimatea1680

household1761

homely1782

ole1835

old1898

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. N.^v Quhat chaistytie, thay keip in Rome Is weill kend ouer all christindome.

1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) (1896) II. 223 Quhill..stuffit weill with warldis wrak, Amang my freindis I wes weill kend.

1669 Hist. Sir Eger 17 He is a man that is well kend, Hath doughtie hands him to defend.

?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 5 Sae roos'd by ane of well kend Mettle, Nae sma did my Ambition pettle.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 264 I doubt na, lass, that weel kenned name May cost a pair o' blushes.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped i. 3 Others, all well-kenned gentlemen, had pleasure in his society.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxvii. 205 So I was here upon well-kenned ground.

1918 L. M. Watt Heart of Soldier xiii. 179 Oh ay—the Berracks is a well-kent place!

1960 Countryman 57 604 Ah buy them coallars in a box o' a dizzen frae a weel-kent firm i' Glasgow.

2012 C. M. Jameson Silent Spring Revisited 145 A job as a stage technician..meant rubbing shoulders with Snow White, seven dwarves, and some well-kent faces from the cast of Gregory's Girl.

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

单词	well-kent
释义	well-kentadj. Brit. /wɛlˈkɛnt/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈkɛnt/, Scottish English /wɛlˈkɛnt/ Forms: α. See well adv. and n.⁴ and kenned adj. β. See well adv. and n.⁴ and kent adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., kenned adj.; well adv., kent adj. Etymology: In α. forms < well adv. + kenned adj. In β. forms < well adv. + kent adj. Compare earlier well-known adj. Scottish. Well-known, familiar. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] couthOE known1340 familiara1398 unstrangec1400 learnedc1420 conversant1430 beknown?c1475 well-beknown1480 quentc1540 well-kent1554 quainted1560 well-known1568 obversant1579 conversed1607 tame1609 familiarized1633 intimatea1680 household1761 homely1782 ole1835 old1898 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. N.^v Quhat chaistytie, thay keip in Rome Is weill kend ouer all christindome. 1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) (1896) II. 223 Quhill..stuffit weill with warldis wrak, Amang my freindis I wes weill kend. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 17 He is a man that is well kend, Hath doughtie hands him to defend. ?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 5 Sae roos'd by ane of well kend Mettle, Nae sma did my Ambition pettle. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 264 I doubt na, lass, that weel kenned name May cost a pair o' blushes. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped i. 3 Others, all well-kenned gentlemen, had pleasure in his society. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxvii. 205 So I was here upon well-kenned ground. 1918 L. M. Watt Heart of Soldier xiii. 179 Oh ay—the Berracks is a well-kent place! 1960 Countryman 57 604 Ah buy them coallars in a box o' a dizzen frae a weel-kent firm i' Glasgow. 2012 C. M. Jameson Silent Spring Revisited 145 A job as a stage technician..meant rubbing shoulders with Snow White, seven dwarves, and some well-kent faces from the cast of Gregory's Girl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1554
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