单词 | full-wrought |
释义 | full-wroughtadj. now rare. Fully formed, made, or constructed. a. attributive. ΚΠ 1688 tr. J. M. Wright Acct. Earl Castlemaine's Embassy 88 In short, the Genius prevails, takes Fortune into his Chariot, and (after a full-wrought Poetical description of the Journey) brings her into England. ?1740 Enq. Melancholy Circumstances Great Brit. 9 Full-wrought Manufactures are imported, when we might be supply'd with as neat, and as useful at home. 1846 Christian Rev. July 159 The former, dwelling in her own pavilion of light, covered with the transparent drapery of heaven, displays her full-wrought features, and her exquisite symmetry swelling on the eye. 1916 Unity (Chicago) 1 June 213 You bring to bear the ripest fruits Of age on your full-wrought philosophy. 2006 J. R. Stromberg in Independent Rev. 11 79 Libertarianism, as a full-wrought ideological system, rests on every individual's self-ownership. b. In predicative use, or as past participle. ΚΠ 1891 Firelands Pioneer 6 89 So in history the frame has its use, though the pattern is to be full wrought, to be most pleasing and instructive. 1901 C. E. Russell Such Stuff as Dreams 89 Yet not without such sacrifice might be Full wrought the perfect work of Liberty. a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) 38 When Valinor was full-wrought and the mansions of the Valar were established. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1688 |
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