well-readadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈrɛd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈrɛd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and read v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English read , read v.

Etymology: < well adv. + read, past participle of read v. Compare later read adj.

1. Of a book, etc.: attentively or (now chiefly) frequently read.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > read (of book)

well-reada1568

re-read1835

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 62 Euen your owne bookes Cicero, be as well read, and your excellent eloquence is as well liked and loued,..as it is now, or euer was, sence your owne tyme.

1660 H. Peters Dying Fathers last Legacy 8 This one Book, well read, will answer any Question.

1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care vii. 168 These Books well read, digested into Abstracts, and frequently reviewed,..will give a Man an entire view of the whole Body of Divinity.

1796 Evangelical Mag. Apr. 25 If we would be wise, let our books be few, well-chosen, and well read.

1818 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 218 The layers..become tattered, like the leaves of a well read book.

1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 163 I speak therefore of good novels only... Well read, indeed, these books have serious use.

1926 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 685 Mr. Trevelyan's history will have a treasured place on the shelf of well read books at home.

1999 D. D. Fowler in R. O. Davies Maverick Spirit x. 161 They remain in her library, well thumbed, well read, and well understood.

2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June wk1 One of the most well-read blogs in the American Jewish community.

a. In predicative use. Well-informed in a subject through reading. Also in extended use: †highly experienced in something (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [adjective]

well-learedeOE

well-learned1425

ripe1458

well-informeda1500

well-studied1530

travailed1551

great1552

learned1556

well-read1574

long on1875

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > expert, proficient, or versed > in an art, pursuit, or subject

strongOE

knowingc1436

experimented1477

well seen1528

well-studied1530

well-read1574

well beseen1576

curious1577

technical1617

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 754 M. Doctor had beene so well read in the auncient Doctors.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 168 This yong man..well read in Poetrie And other bookes.

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. i. sig. G1^v We embrace you, As one well read in all the points of honor.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 150 All the world holds him very well read in the Art of dissembling.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 8. ¶7 As I am very well read in Waller, I repeated to her the four following Verses.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §24. 163 The author, so well read in human nature.

1844 Times 1 Jan. 1/4 (advt.) Being also well read in the classics, [etc.].

1891 Sat. Rev. 25 July 115/1 We should imagine him to be tolerably well read in the most modern literature.

1943 Boys' Life Apr. 16/3 He was well read in the Bible and Shakespeare.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Sept. 26/2 They are usually well read in their disease of choice.

b. Well-informed through reading; having read widely and attentively; learned, erudite.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective]

yleredc897

keena1000

wisec1000

leredc1154

wittya1225

cunningc1325

taughta1382

clergialc1386

wittilyc1400

philosophicala1425

erudite?a1475

clergyable1488

informeda1500

studieda1513

estudied1550

learned1556

well-read?1576

scholarly1583

scholarlike1588

well-digested1602

literated1611

artificial1618

scienced1636

clerk-like1638

scollardicall1654

philosophic1665

virtuosoa1667

virtuousa1680

doct1694

blue-stockinged1791

bluestocking1793

scholared1830

eruditical1832

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > reading everything

well-read?1576

omnilegent1828

?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. G.iii A whyle chiefe iustice of the Common pleyes, a man of good spirite and wel read.

1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. D3^v Why Roberto, are you so well read, and yet shewe your selfe so shallow witted.

1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine i. sig. A3 Me thinkes you are well read Sister, and know that death is as common as Homo a common name to all men.

1660 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Mores Hominum vii. 225 The well-read Lawyer gets, for fees, Poor John.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 504 Then thus a Senior of the Place replies, (Well read, and curious of Antiquities) [etc.].

1772 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 312 Not only a well-read naturalist, but an active sportsman.

1850 C. Brontë Let. 19 Mar. (2000) II. 364 In these days women may be thoughtful and well-read without being universally stigmatized as ‘Blues’ and ‘Pedants’.

1868 R. W. Emerson in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 543 Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xiii. i. 453 I had heard of him as a man who spoke several languages and was amazingly well read—a walking library of knowledge, not only of books, but also of men and things.

2010 D. Stewart Boy who would be Shakespeare i. 7 He cultivated the image of a well-read, well-traveled gentleman.

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

单词	well-read
释义	well-readadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈrɛd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈrɛd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and read v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English read , read v. Etymology: < well adv. + read, past participle of read v. Compare later read adj. 1. Of a book, etc.: attentively or (now chiefly) frequently read. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > read (of book) well-reada1568 re-read1835 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 62 Euen your owne bookes Cicero, be as well read, and your excellent eloquence is as well liked and loued,..as it is now, or euer was, sence your owne tyme. 1660 H. Peters Dying Fathers last Legacy 8 This one Book, well read, will answer any Question. 1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care vii. 168 These Books well read, digested into Abstracts, and frequently reviewed,..will give a Man an entire view of the whole Body of Divinity. 1796 Evangelical Mag. Apr. 25 If we would be wise, let our books be few, well-chosen, and well read. 1818 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 218 The layers..become tattered, like the leaves of a well read book. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 163 I speak therefore of good novels only... Well read, indeed, these books have serious use. 1926 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 685 Mr. Trevelyan's history will have a treasured place on the shelf of well read books at home. 1999 D. D. Fowler in R. O. Davies Maverick Spirit x. 161 They remain in her library, well thumbed, well read, and well understood. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June wk1 One of the most well-read blogs in the American Jewish community. 2. a. In predicative use. Well-informed in a subject through reading. Also in extended use: †highly experienced in something (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [adjective] well-learedeOE well-learned1425 ripe1458 well-informeda1500 well-studied1530 travailed1551 great1552 learned1556 read1574 well-read1574 long on1875 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > expert, proficient, or versed > in an art, pursuit, or subject strongOE knowingc1436 experimented1477 well seen1528 well-studied1530 well-read1574 well beseen1576 curious1577 technical1617 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 754 M. Doctor had beene so well read in the auncient Doctors. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 168 This yong man..well read in Poetrie And other bookes. View more context for this quotation 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. i. sig. G1^v We embrace you, As one well read in all the points of honor. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 150 All the world holds him very well read in the Art of dissembling. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 8. ¶7 As I am very well read in Waller, I repeated to her the four following Verses. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §24. 163 The author, so well read in human nature. 1844 Times 1 Jan. 1/4 (advt.) Being also well read in the classics, [etc.]. 1891 Sat. Rev. 25 July 115/1 We should imagine him to be tolerably well read in the most modern literature. 1943 Boys' Life Apr. 16/3 He was well read in the Bible and Shakespeare. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Sept. 26/2 They are usually well read in their disease of choice. b. Well-informed through reading; having read widely and attentively; learned, erudite. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] yleredc897 keena1000 wisec1000 leredc1154 wittya1225 cunningc1325 taughta1382 clergialc1386 wittilyc1400 philosophicala1425 erudite?a1475 clergyable1488 informeda1500 studieda1513 estudied1550 learned1556 well-read?1576 scholarly1583 scholarlike1588 well-digested1602 literated1611 artificial1618 scienced1636 clerk-like1638 scollardicall1654 philosophic1665 virtuosoa1667 virtuousa1680 doct1694 blue-stockinged1791 bluestocking1793 scholared1830 eruditical1832 society > communication > reading > [adjective] > reading everything well-read?1576 omnilegent1828 ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. G.iii A whyle chiefe iustice of the Common pleyes, a man of good spirite and wel read. 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. D3^v Why Roberto, are you so well read, and yet shewe your selfe so shallow witted. 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine i. sig. A3 Me thinkes you are well read Sister, and know that death is as common as Homo a common name to all men. 1660 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Mores Hominum vii. 225 The well-read Lawyer gets, for fees, Poor John. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 504 Then thus a Senior of the Place replies, (Well read, and curious of Antiquities) [etc.]. 1772 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 312 Not only a well-read naturalist, but an active sportsman. 1850 C. Brontë Let. 19 Mar. (2000) II. 364 In these days women may be thoughtful and well-read without being universally stigmatized as ‘Blues’ and ‘Pedants’. 1868 R. W. Emerson in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 543 Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xiii. i. 453 I had heard of him as a man who spoke several languages and was amazingly well read—a walking library of knowledge, not only of books, but also of men and things. 2010 D. Stewart Boy who would be Shakespeare i. 7 He cultivated the image of a well-read, well-traveled gentleman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1568
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