well-set-upadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˌsɛtˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˌsɛdˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English set , set v.¹, up adv.¹

Etymology: < well adv. + set, past participle of set v.¹ + up adv.¹, after to set up at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2. Compare earlier well-set adj. 1.

Now somewhat archaic.

Having a good, strong, or upright figure. Cf. well-set adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good

well-madec1325

well-setc1330

featous1340

largec1405

well-trussedc1425

well-attempereda1460

well-featureda1460

clean-limbed1461

well-bodied1481

well-drawn?a1534

clean-madea1535

trussed1548

clean-legged1568

trim1568

well-knit1581

well-thewed1583

well-timbered1595

clear-limbed1596

clean-timbered1598

well-mounted1607

well-turned1631

clever1674

neat-limbeda1697

well built1706

well-set-up1790

clean-built1840

athletic1925

mesomorphic1926

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and upright

talright1582

straight-pighta1616

well-set-upa1854

the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > in carriage

uprightc1405

upstanding1835

well-set-upa1854

1790 World 4 Sept. 1/2 Well set up, a full good looking face, rather sallow complexion, brown hair, light blue-grey eyes.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 159 Charles Hope..was tall and well set up.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) Soldiers, mariners, and small-arm men, well drilled, and instructed to be upright and soldierlike in their carriage, are ‘well set up’.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxvii. 310 Very pretty damsels, and well set up.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxii The men's..muscular, well set-up figures.

1934 Boys' Life June 22/4 All the big dogs..come around. There is the big, slouchy setter, the well set-up police dog, [etc.].

1950 R. T. Weaver tr. H. Troyat Pushkin 175 Vorontzov was a well-set-up man, tall, slender, and elegant.

2007 P. Doherty Light Hist. Hot Air 211 The late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century idea of a ‘well set up man’ pretty much went out with Mrs Beeton and recipes that started ‘take two pounds of butter and a quart of cream’.

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

单词	well-set-up
释义	well-set-upadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˌsɛtˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˌsɛdˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English set , set v.¹, up adv.¹ Etymology: < well adv. + set, past participle of set v.¹ + up adv.¹, after to set up at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2. Compare earlier well-set adj. 1. Now somewhat archaic. Having a good, strong, or upright figure. Cf. well-set adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and upright talright1582 straight-pighta1616 well-set-upa1854 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > in carriage uprightc1405 upstanding1835 well-set-upa1854 1790 World 4 Sept. 1/2 Well set up, a full good looking face, rather sallow complexion, brown hair, light blue-grey eyes. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 159 Charles Hope..was tall and well set up. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) Soldiers, mariners, and small-arm men, well drilled, and instructed to be upright and soldierlike in their carriage, are ‘well set up’. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxvii. 310 Very pretty damsels, and well set up. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxii The men's..muscular, well set-up figures. 1934 Boys' Life June 22/4 All the big dogs..come around. There is the big, slouchy setter, the well set-up police dog, [etc.]. 1950 R. T. Weaver tr. H. Troyat Pushkin 175 Vorontzov was a well-set-up man, tall, slender, and elegant. 2007 P. Doherty Light Hist. Hot Air 211 The late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century idea of a ‘well set up man’ pretty much went out with Mrs Beeton and recipes that started ‘take two pounds of butter and a quart of cream’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1790
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