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▪ I. ˈtalented, a.
[f. talent n. + -ed2.]
I. From obs. senses of talent n.
†1. Naturally inclined or disposed to something.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 228 Tho that haue grete Noosys lyghtely bene talentid to couetise, and bene desposyd to concupiscence.
†2. Her. = bezanty. Obs. rare.
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. E iij, A certan bordure talentit as here, and it is not necessari here to expres the colowre of the talentis or besantis: for thay be euer of golde.
II. From existing sense of talent n.
3. Endowed with talent or talents; possessing talent, gifted, clever, accomplished.
[a1633–: see talented as pa. pple. in talent v. 2.]
1827Lytton Falkland i. 16, I smiled at the kindness of the fathers who, hearing I was talented..looked to my support. 1828Southey in Corr. w. C. Bowles (1881) 134 Unprincipled people, too many of them talented and clever and most agreeable. 1829Herschel Ess. (1857) 515 Those numerous and talented individuals throughout the continent, and in England. 1830W. Taylor Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 406 His eye, though indicating a talented mind, was restless and unsteady. 1832Coleridge Table-t. 8 July, I regret to see that vile and barbarous vocable talented, stealing out of the newspapers into the leading reviews and most respectable publications of the day. 1842Pusey Crisis Eng. Ch. 99 A talented writer, who has been one great instrument in its restoration. 1853Whittier Prose Wks. (1889) II. 418 A successful advocate at the bar, talented, affable, eloquent.
▪ II. talented
obs. variant of taloned. |