well-toldadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈtəʊld/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈtoʊld/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and told adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., told adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + told adj.

†1. Well-esteemed; highly regarded. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12273 Þer weoren a þusen[d] cnihtes bald wunder wel i-talde.

a1333 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 26 Boe mon ȝong oþer boe he old, Non so strong ne wel y-told Þat hoennes ne mot fare.

a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) 119 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 292 (MED) Ȝef þou art riche & wel ytold, Ne be þou noþt þarefore to bold.

2. Of a narrative, account, etc.: skilfully or effectively told.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > often told

well-told1533

twice-tolda1616

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. clix Is not here good reders a wyse and well tolde tale?

1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. H.3^v Her well-told tale did such compassion finde, That she is pass'd, and I am left behinde.

1617 Bruce's Way to True Peace & Rest v. 153 A well told tale will neuer be present to a foole, because he cannot vnderstand it, nor hath no iudgement to perceiue it.

1692 R. Howard Five New Plays (ed. 2) To Rdr. sig. A4^v Spanish Plays..are..nothing but so many Novels put into Acts and Scenes, without the least attempt or design of making the Reader more concern'd than a well-told Tale might do.

1713 Guardian 29 Apr. 1/1 Yet the very same Occurrences shall please them in a well-told Story.

1765 Crit. Rev. Aug. 123 The picture and history of the female gamester, is agreeable and well told.

1828 A. Laing Donean Tourist xxiii. 361 Cromwell..said..that a well told lie was of more value than the lives of ten thousand men.

1884 J. Hall Christian Home 88 It must be a well-told tale that holds its place in the memory for thirty or forty years.

1924 L. A. Hibbard Medieval Romance in Eng. iii. 165 Gower produced..a long and fairly well told version of Apollonius.

1943 G. H. Smith Hist. of Comstock Lode viii. 70 Shinn condenses the story into twelve well-told pages.

2004 Independent 17 Aug. 23/3 Any declining sympathy is halted by Feinstein's well-told account of the poet's last days.

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

单词	well-told
释义	well-toldadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈtəʊld/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈtoʊld/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and told adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., told adj. Etymology: < well adv. + told adj. †1. Well-esteemed; highly regarded. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12273 Þer weoren a þusen[d] cnihtes bald wunder wel i-talde. a1333 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 26 Boe mon ȝong oþer boe he old, Non so strong ne wel y-told Þat hoennes ne mot fare. a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) 119 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 292 (MED) Ȝef þou art riche & wel ytold, Ne be þou noþt þarefore to bold. 2. Of a narrative, account, etc.: skilfully or effectively told. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > often told well-told1533 twice-tolda1616 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. clix Is not here good reders a wyse and well tolde tale? 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. H.3^v Her well-told tale did such compassion finde, That she is pass'd, and I am left behinde. 1617 Bruce's Way to True Peace & Rest v. 153 A well told tale will neuer be present to a foole, because he cannot vnderstand it, nor hath no iudgement to perceiue it. 1692 R. Howard Five New Plays (ed. 2) To Rdr. sig. A4^v Spanish Plays..are..nothing but so many Novels put into Acts and Scenes, without the least attempt or design of making the Reader more concern'd than a well-told Tale might do. 1713 Guardian 29 Apr. 1/1 Yet the very same Occurrences shall please them in a well-told Story. 1765 Crit. Rev. Aug. 123 The picture and history of the female gamester, is agreeable and well told. 1828 A. Laing Donean Tourist xxiii. 361 Cromwell..said..that a well told lie was of more value than the lives of ten thousand men. 1884 J. Hall Christian Home 88 It must be a well-told tale that holds its place in the memory for thirty or forty years. 1924 L. A. Hibbard Medieval Romance in Eng. iii. 165 Gower produced..a long and fairly well told version of Apollonius. 1943 G. H. Smith Hist. of Comstock Lode viii. 70 Shinn condenses the story into twelve well-told pages. 2004 Independent 17 Aug. 23/3 Any declining sympathy is halted by Feinstein's well-told account of the poet's last days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1275
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