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well(-)known, ppl. a.
1. Known to many, widely or generally known.
c1470Henry Wallace i. 11 It is weyle knawyne on mony diuers syde, How thai haff wrocht in to thair mychty pryde. 1479–80Paston Lett. III. 269 He is well knowe in London. 1568Turner Herbal iii. 8 Medewurte is an herbe well knowen unto all men. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. vii. §2 He by enquirie gotte to the wel-knowne house of Kalander. 1613Chapman Rev. Bussy D'Ambois iii. i, Ile not wrong My well knowne Brother for Anonymos. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 19 The well-knowne and avowable practice of the Ancients. 1697Dryden æneis iii. 141 The fruitful Isle of Crete, well known to Fame. 1711Addison Spect. No. 127 ⁋3 It is well known we have not had a more moderate Summer these many Years. 1780Mirror No. 87 She instanced the well-known lines of Shakespeare. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxiii, The well-known leader of the Porteous mob. 1837Penny Cycl. IX. 163/1 Dry Rot, a well-known disease affecting timber. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. ii. i. (1874) 140 It is well known that art has in general preceded science. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 46 His father being a very well-known man. 1907J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 95 Any well-known brand [of Bromide paper].
2. Intimately or thoroughly known.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. v. 17 A narrow foord, to them well knowne. 1596Ibid. v. viii. 40 The dreadfull sight did them so sore affray, That their well knowen courses they forwent. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 391 The Stallion snuffs the well-known Scent afar. 1711Steele Spect. No. 4 ⁋2 There are..many to whom my Person is as well known as that of their nearest Relations. 1726Pope Odyss. xvi. 9 Some well-known friend (Eumæus) bends this way. 1796F. Burney Camilla x. xii, A well-known voice reached her ears. 1805Scott Last Minstr. iv. xxv, The boy..Implor'd for aid each well-known face. 1867Morris Jason ii. 15 So lightly through the well-known woods he passed.
absol.1890Hardwicke's Sci.-Gossip XXVI. 158/2 It is always best to begin with the well-known, and proceed to the less known or altogether unknown.
Hence well-ˈknownness.
1961D. J. Boorstin Image viii. 162 The star system..puts a premium on well-knownness for its own sake. 1978J. Pearson Façades xxiii. 401 A celebrity has been defined by Daniel Boorstin as a person who is known for his well-knownness. 1984Listener 15 Mar. 31/2 Telly persons are, as it were, well known for their well-known-ness. |