well-labouredwell-laboredadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈleɪbəd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈleɪbərd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and labour v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., labour v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < well adv. + labour v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare later laboured adj.

†1. Of a person: scholarly, learned in something. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 168 Þe oþer clerk was a bacheler of lawe canon, a wel labowrd man in Scriptur.

c1500 Blowbols Test. l. 54 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 94 In scolys he had take degré, And was welle laboured in the rough byble.

2. Of a thing: skilfully made or produced. In later use also: that is the product of much labour or effort.

ΘΚΠ

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

1550 R. Sherry tr. Erasmus Declam. Chyldren in Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. K.iiii Certes Aristotle so greate a philosopher vouchsaued to put oute a booke of phisiognomye verye cunnynge and well laboured.

1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea 99 Their wel labored, & zealously deliuered sermons.

a1635 L. Digges in W. Shakespeare Poems (1640) sig. *4 They would not brooke a line, Of tedious (though well laboured) Catilines; Sejanus too was irkesome, they priz'de more Honest Iago, or the jealous Moore.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 22 When they to the vocal Shell Warble melodious their well-labour'd Songs.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 287 A large well-labour'd Bowl.

1803 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 11/1 The luminous and well-laboured genealogical tables..render the work highly valuable.

1927 E. E. Stoll Shakespeare Stud. ii. 86 The consolation of those whose duty it is to peruse innumerable similar well-laboured pages is [etc.].

1989 Mod. Lang. Rev. 84 123 Here, as elsewhere in this generally well-laboured edition, the editor seemed needlessly reluctant to offer judgements or hypotheses.

3. Of land: thoroughly tilled or cultivated. Also figurative. Now somewhat rare.

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

1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. A.vi In husbandrye, and well laboured fieldes, it is especially conuenient and requisite that the ground be ranke and fertile.

1691 G. Mackenzie Moral Hist. Frugality i. 9 Well laboured Fields allowed no Hunting, Hawking, or other Field Eexcercises [sic].

1757 W. Massey tr. Ovid Fasti 52 Bless, O Ceres, the well-labour'd field, That it may wheat and barley plenteous yield.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. i. i. 41 Lancashire is the fertile and well-laboured soil in which the seed of factory knowledge will bring forth fruit one hundred fold.

1860 M. M. Gordon Lady Elinor Mordaunt xvi. 319 A full return of fruits and flowers from the seeds sown in a well-laboured soil.

1916 A. D. Hall Agric. after War viii. 131 It is out of my love for its [sc. my country's] well-laboured soil..that these proposals spring.

1965 Amer. Jewish Hist. Q. 55 267 A final shortcoming concerns the general research situation in this well-laboured field.

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

单词	well-laboured
释义	well-labouredwell-laboredadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈleɪbəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈleɪbərd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and labour v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., labour v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < well adv. + labour v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare later laboured adj. †1. Of a person: scholarly, learned in something. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 168 Þe oþer clerk was a bacheler of lawe canon, a wel labowrd man in Scriptur. c1500 Blowbols Test. l. 54 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 94 In scolys he had take degré, And was welle laboured in the rough byble. 2. Of a thing: skilfully made or produced. In later use also: that is the product of much labour or effort. ΘΚΠ 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 1550 R. Sherry tr. Erasmus Declam. Chyldren in Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. K.iiii Certes Aristotle so greate a philosopher vouchsaued to put oute a booke of phisiognomye verye cunnynge and well laboured. 1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea 99 Their wel labored, & zealously deliuered sermons. a1635 L. Digges in W. Shakespeare Poems (1640) sig. 4 They would not brooke a line, Of tedious (though well laboured) Catilines; Sejanus* too was irkesome, they priz'de more Honest Iago, or the jealous Moore. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 22 When they to the vocal Shell Warble melodious their well-labour'd Songs. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 287 A large well-labour'd Bowl. 1803 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 11/1 The luminous and well-laboured genealogical tables..render the work highly valuable. 1927 E. E. Stoll Shakespeare Stud. ii. 86 The consolation of those whose duty it is to peruse innumerable similar well-laboured pages is [etc.]. 1989 Mod. Lang. Rev. 84 123 Here, as elsewhere in this generally well-laboured edition, the editor seemed needlessly reluctant to offer judgements or hypotheses. 3. Of land: thoroughly tilled or cultivated. Also figurative. Now somewhat rare. 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 1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. A.vi In husbandrye, and well laboured fieldes, it is especially conuenient and requisite that the ground be ranke and fertile. 1691 G. Mackenzie Moral Hist. Frugality i. 9 Well laboured Fields allowed no Hunting, Hawking, or other Field Eexcercises [sic]. 1757 W. Massey tr. Ovid Fasti 52 Bless, O Ceres, the well-labour'd field, That it may wheat and barley plenteous yield. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. i. i. 41 Lancashire is the fertile and well-laboured soil in which the seed of factory knowledge will bring forth fruit one hundred fold. 1860 M. M. Gordon Lady Elinor Mordaunt xvi. 319 A full return of fruits and flowers from the seeds sown in a well-laboured soil. 1916 A. D. Hall Agric. after War viii. 131 It is out of my love for its [sc. my country's] well-laboured soil..that these proposals spring. 1965 Amer. Jewish Hist. Q. 55 267 A final shortcoming concerns the general research situation in this well-laboured field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1438
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