laurelledadj.
/ˈlɒrəld//ˈlɔːrəld/ a. Adorned, crowned, or wreathed with laurel. Hence figurative honoured, illustrious: cf. laureate adj. and n. †laurelled letters: cf. laureate adj. 1c.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter announcing victory
laureate letters1533
laurelled letters1683
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]
mereeOE
athelOE
couthOE
brightOE
namecundc1175
outnumenc1175
noble?c1225
ketec1275
sheenc1275
tirfulc1275
glorious13..
losedc1305
of great renownc1330
glorifieda1340
worthly or worthy in wonea1350
clearc1374
nameda1382
solemna1387
renomeda1393
famous?a1400
renomé?a1400
renowneda1400
notedc1400
of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430
celebrate?1440
namely1440
famosec1449
honourable?c1450
notedc1450
parent?c1450
glorificatec1460
heroical?a1475
insignite?a1475
magnific1490
well-fameda1492
exemie1497
singular1497
preclare1503
magnificential1506
laureate1508
illustre?a1513
illustred1512
magnificent1513
preclared1530
grand1542
celebrated1549
heroicc1550
lustrantc1550
magnifical1557
illustrate1562
expectablec1565
ennobled1571
laurel1579
nominated1581
famosed1582
perspicuous1582
big1587
famed1595
uplifted1596
illustrious1598
celebrousc1600
luculent1600
celebrious1604
fameful1605
famoused1606
renownful1606
bruitful1609
eminent1611
insignious1620
clarousa1636
far-fameda1640
top1647
grandee1648
signalized1652
noscible1653
splendid1660
voiced1661
gloried1671
laurelled1683
distinguished1714
distinct1756
lustrious1769
trumpeted1775
spiry1825
world-famous1832
galactic1902
tycoonish1958
mega1987
1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iii. i. 25 The Trophies of my Lawrell'd Honesty Shou'd bar me from forsaking this bad World.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires (1697) 496 Th' Express is come With Laurell'd Letters from the Camp to Rome.
1709 M. Prior Carmen Seculare (new ed.) in Poems Several Occasions 157 From his Oozy Bed Boyn shall raise his Laurell'd Head.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 413 The choir Of laurel'd science.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 56 Liberty returns with laurell'd peace.
1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 77 471 Laurelled rather than excellent in funeral eulogy.
1822 W. Wordsworth New Churches in Eccl. Sonn. Laurelled armies, not to be withstood—What serve they?
1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) VII. viii. 32 How touching was the destiny of this laurelled exile [Tasso].
b. Covered with a growth of laurel; also, made of laurel.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [adjective]
laureate1483
Daphnean1606
laurelled1867
Terminalia1926
saj1952
1867 M. Arnold Heine's Grave 57 Here no sepulchre built In the laurell'd rock.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxvi. 442 With laurelled fasces and laurelled wreaths.
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