well-peopledadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈpiːpld/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈpip(ə)ld/

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

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

Etymology: < well adv. + people v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare later peopled adj.

Full of inhabitants; densely populated, populous.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [adjective] > populous

well-inhabited?a1425

populousc1425

well-peopleda1475

well-occupied1555

populate?1575

popular1588

well-populated1654

a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 170 (MED) Comunly we se tounes of gret labour wele peuplied [Fr. bien peuplees] and susteined, and þe tounes fulle of delitis go to distruccion.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xii. sig. g1^v This is a londe moche riche. wel peopled and strongly garnysshid.

1564 T. Dorman Proufe Certeyne Articles in Relig. f. 112 He dwelleth..in that well peopled citie.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 200 They had trauelled two leagues in the suburbes: the which was so well peopled..that [etc.].

1624 R. Bellings Sixth Bk. Arcadia 58 The desolation of their wel-peopled country.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 28 Though the Countrey about Constantinople be not so delightful, nor so well peopled, as in France; [etc.].

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 31 July (1965) I. 421 The Isle..is but 10 mile in circuit, but in those days very rich and well peopl'd.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 170 In a well peopled and civilized part of the country, a man might make an election of persons deserving his esteem.

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xx. 196 A well-peopled hive.

1895 Scribner's Mag. Mar. 270/1 Except certain well-peopled sections on the Pacific slope,..the Great West had but a tenuous white population.

1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 19 606 The intervening country being extremely fertile and well peopled.

1959 A. Nin Children of Albatross 143 She might learn from Jay to walk into a well-peopled world and abandon the intense selectivity of the dream.

2009 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 30 Mar. 2 The well-peopled villages and towns of central Vietnam.

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

单词	well-peopled
释义	well-peopledadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈpiːpld/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈpip(ə)ld/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and people v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., people v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < well adv. + people v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare later peopled adj. Full of inhabitants; densely populated, populous. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [adjective] > populous well-inhabited?a1425 populousc1425 well-peopleda1475 well-occupied1555 populate?1575 popular1588 well-populated1654 a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 170 (MED) Comunly we se tounes of gret labour wele peuplied [Fr. bien peuplees] and susteined, and þe tounes fulle of delitis go to distruccion. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xii. sig. g1^v This is a londe moche riche. wel peopled and strongly garnysshid. 1564 T. Dorman Proufe Certeyne Articles in Relig. f. 112 He dwelleth..in that well peopled citie. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 200 They had trauelled two leagues in the suburbes: the which was so well peopled..that [etc.]. 1624 R. Bellings Sixth Bk. Arcadia 58 The desolation of their wel-peopled country. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 28 Though the Countrey about Constantinople be not so delightful, nor so well peopled, as in France; [etc.]. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 31 July (1965) I. 421 The Isle..is but 10 mile in circuit, but in those days very rich and well peopl'd. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 170 In a well peopled and civilized part of the country, a man might make an election of persons deserving his esteem. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xx. 196 A well-peopled hive. 1895 Scribner's Mag. Mar. 270/1 Except certain well-peopled sections on the Pacific slope,..the Great West had but a tenuous white population. 1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 19 606 The intervening country being extremely fertile and well peopled. 1959 A. Nin Children of Albatross 143 She might learn from Jay to walk into a well-peopled world and abandon the intense selectivity of the dream. 2009 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 30 Mar. 2 The well-peopled villages and towns of central Vietnam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1475
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