单词 | well-knowing |
释义 | well-knowingadj. Now somewhat rare (chiefly archaic and literary in later use). Knowledgeable, well-informed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > knowledgeable, well-informed knowinga1398 well-knowingc1425 scientc1475 advertised1481 well-informeda1500 scientive1575 callent1656 fly1811 knowledgeable1825 factful1853 dungeonable1855 knowful1855 woke up1871 in the know1883 to be jerry1908 hipped1920 wised-up1926 clueful1943 genned-up1945 clued (up)1948 c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 42 Hure noble condicions..be so grete..in some hundes þat þer is no man þat maye leve it but he were a good skilful hunter and wel knowyng and þat [perh. read haþ] I-haunted hem longe. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2769 Sche [sc. Medea] gan acounte and cast[e] wel þe tyme..As sche þat was wel knowyng in þat arte. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) sig. B.viiiv He wyll counterfet hymselfe and shewe hymself[e] dyscrete, well knowynge, cautell, and prudent in euery thynge. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. sig. D4v Bee she old shee's for my discourse as one well knowing. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge i. 5 Most well-knowing men have been wary of speaking it out. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. iii. 30 Knowing as you are (continu'd I) well-knowing and experienc'd in all the Degrees and Orders of Beauty. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xviii. 268 Well-knowing death nor Hades e'er can be Rival or foe to truth and manly integrity. 1911 Paint, Oil & Drug Rev. 31 May 13/2 Cable advices received this week from a well-knowing shipping house denote that the present quantity for export is but 100,000 tons maximum. 1980 tr. Isocrates in G. A. Kennedy Classical Rhetoric iii. 36 Love of wisdom..is the produce of a well-knowing soul. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1425 |
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