well-winnowedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈwɪnəʊd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈwɪnoʊd/

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

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

Etymology: < well adv. + winnowed adj.

Thoroughly or properly winnowed (in various senses). Now chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [adjective] > qualities of

fire-fangeda1522

well-winnowed1585

kerned1602

winnowed1609

long-grained1614

chafflessa1616

grindable1652

mealable1823

cracked1833

ungrindable1840

millable1869

1585 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) II. 310 Fyftie busshells of good cleane, sweete, wel stomped and welwynowed somer barlye.

1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. vi. 219 Oates..cleane thresht from the sheafe, and well winnowed.

1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis xiii. 19 A plenteous Crop..Of purest and well winow'd Grain.

1716 N. Covert & W. Bohun Scrivener's Guide (ed. 3) II. 546 Four Loads of good, clean, dry, and well winnowed Wheat.

1791 tr. Comte de Buffon in Hist. Singing Birds 109 Every twelve or thirteen days the hopper is to be filled, taking care that these seeds are clean and well winnowed.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. ii. 8 Seldom seen at large assemblies, she was eagerly sought after in the well winnowed soirées of the elect.

1882 Academy 18 Feb. 116/3 Even out of Mr. Fields' well-winnowed corn some few grains remain.

1915 Lancet-clinic 13 Mar. 282/1 A rational adjustment of the newly ascertained and well-winnowed truth to the necessities of suffering humanity.

1964 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 1159. 38 The glauconite grains did not form where these well-winnowed sands accumulated.

2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Aug. al4 The powers-that-be have the nearly impossible task of selecting a team from this already well-winnowed ‘A-list’ of Canadian talent.

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

单词	well-winnowed
释义	well-winnowedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈwɪnəʊd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈwɪnoʊd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and winnowed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., winnowed adj. Etymology: < well adv. + winnowed adj. Thoroughly or properly winnowed (in various senses). Now chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [adjective] > qualities of fire-fangeda1522 well-winnowed1585 kerned1602 winnowed1609 long-grained1614 chafflessa1616 grindable1652 mealable1823 cracked1833 ungrindable1840 millable1869 1585 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) II. 310 Fyftie busshells of good cleane, sweete, wel stomped and welwynowed somer barlye. 1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. vi. 219 Oates..cleane thresht from the sheafe, and well winnowed. 1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis xiii. 19 A plenteous Crop..Of purest and well winow'd Grain. 1716 N. Covert & W. Bohun Scrivener's Guide (ed. 3) II. 546 Four Loads of good, clean, dry, and well winnowed Wheat. 1791 tr. Comte de Buffon in Hist. Singing Birds 109 Every twelve or thirteen days the hopper is to be filled, taking care that these seeds are clean and well winnowed. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. ii. 8 Seldom seen at large assemblies, she was eagerly sought after in the well winnowed soirées of the elect. 1882 Academy 18 Feb. 116/3 Even out of Mr. Fields' well-winnowed corn some few grains remain. 1915 Lancet-clinic 13 Mar. 282/1 A rational adjustment of the newly ascertained and well-winnowed truth to the necessities of suffering humanity. 1964 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 1159. 38 The glauconite grains did not form where these well-winnowed sands accumulated. 2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Aug. al4 The powers-that-be have the nearly impossible task of selecting a team from this already well-winnowed ‘A-list’ of Canadian talent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1585
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