| 释义 |
† well beˈseen, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 4 bebiseye.
[See besee v. II.]
Good-looking, of good appearance; well appointed or apparelled; well furnished with; versed or accomplished in.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 821 Fetys he was and wel beseye [Cointes fu et de bel atour]. 1390Gower Conf. I. 302 My wif..Which is with reson wel besein. Ibid. III. 121 Sche [Virgo] is with sterres wel beseie. c1440Generydes 1978 Tentys large, full riche and wele besen. c1470Henry Wallace i. 213 Likle he was, richt byge and weyle beseyne. 1530Palsgr. 844/1 Well bysene, bien accoustré. 1576R. Peterson G. della Casa's Galateo 10 A Noble gentleman, courteous and well beseene in all good behauiour. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 147 Teodor Gaza ane weill besene man baitht in Lattine and greik. 1591Spenser Virgil's Gnat 651 Eftsoones he gins to fashion forth a place,..squaring it in compasse well beseene. 1596― F.Q. v. viii. 29 The Briton Prince him readie did awayte, In glistering armes right goodly well beseene. 1736W. Thompson Epithal. xiv, Our dearling Prince to meet Augusta well-beseen. a1911æ. J. G. Mackay Pitscottie Gloss. s.v. Beseine, Still used. ‘Ye are weel besene the day’, i.e. well clothed or fit to look upon. |