made-upadj.

1677 W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) I. 82 They defended themselves under a small hastily made up Defence.

1859 Eng. Cookery Bk. 156 Chap. xiii.—Warmed-up Meats and Made-up Dishes or Entrées.

1900 Ld. Roberts in Daily News 4 May 5/2 Hamilton speaks in high terms of the good service performed by..a made-up regiment of Lancers.

1725 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c10 June (1966) II. 53 I wish you would lay out part of my Money in a made up Mantua and petticoat.

1849 Theatrical Programme 16 July 55 (advt.) The immense patronage they have received this season in their made-up skirt-rooms.

1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey viii. 221 She bought and bought of the made-up wares.

1883 Graphic 14 Apr. 395/4 (advt.) A full assortment of made-up articles of the best and most suitable description.

1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith Diary of Nobody xx. 250 A made-up tie that hooks on.

1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning 25 Sandy in a greasy dress suit and a made-up black tie.

1972 M. Gilbert Body of Girl v. 52 He was wearing a blue suit,..a flannel shirt and a made-up bow tie.

1986 P. James Taste for Death ii. vii. 162 ‘There should be enough in the freezer for at least another four days.’ ‘I don't fancy that made-up muck.’

1876 Coursing Cal. 110 In the made-up stakes for puppies Mr. Farmer's brace..made a good display.

1913 R. B. McKerrow in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 12 303 The cruder sort of made-up copies that one often finds in the second-hand market.

1952 J. Carter Bks. & Book-collectors (1956) vi. ii. 195 The..language of book-collectors..is thickly encrusted with jargon... ‘Made-up,’ says one, with a sniff. ‘Q6 is a cancel as usual,’ says another.

1957 M. Spark Comforters iii. 50 Caroline lay in the dark warm room on a made-up sofa bed.

1990 Paris Rev. Fall 147 You once told me that you write lying on a made-up bed with a bottle of sherry, a dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, yellow pads, an ashtray and a Bible.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 45 Yes, you must allow her some beauty. Tony. Bandbox! She's all a made up thing, mun.

1789 C. Smith Ethelinde IV. vi. 128 And as to that made-up antiquity, Mrs. Maltravers, she hates you.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. iv. 95 Yours will be considered as a made-up character.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. xx. 105 In a forced made-up voice she inquired aloud [etc.].

1896 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 3rd Ser. i. 14 This made-up face was not produced by stage paint.

1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 70 I do not want a woman whom age cannot wither. She is a made-up lie, a dyed immortelle Of infinite staleness.

1994 Latin Mass Jan. 38/1 It's made-up English, phony vernacular trying to sound high-tone.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 392 Unless the understanding be cultivated, superficial and monotonous is every grace. Like the charms of a made up face, they only strike the senses in a crowd.

1815 F. Burney Jrnl. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1980) VIII. 539 M. de Talleyrand... The nearly imperturbable composure of his general—& certainly made up countenance.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxix. 311 They used to have a grand procession..once a year, to shave the head of a made-up Madonna—a stuffed and painted image, like a milliner's dummy—whose hair miraculously grew and restored itself every twelve months.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxv. 157 She was plain and old. His quick fancy showed her to him, wrinkled, haggard, made-up, in those frocks which were too showy for her position and too young for her years.

1937 A. Christie Dumb Witness xi. 121 She's a very queer-looking girl. Ultra modern, of course, and terribly made-up.

1969 J. Ashbery & J. Schuyler Nest of Ninnies iv. 49 ‘What strangeness,’ the woman said, opening her elaborately made-up eyes very wide.

1982 Facts on File 31 Dec. 993/1 Hair, soft with curls or chignons..and heavily made-up faces completed the 1982 fashion look.

1946 M. Laverty Lift up your Gates vii. 188 It's what I've been praying for, Mary. Pa and myself are made up with the news.

1965 ‘R. Starr’ in ITN News 12 Feb. (transcript of TV interview) (Independent Television News Beatles Coll. G-ITN 154/1) John and George were at the wedding, and they were made up, you know. They're happy.

1980 T. Davies Madonna & Child in Modest Pageant (1992) 39 I got some conti-board and woodstained it..then I varnished the hardboard... I'm bloody made-up with them shelves.

1993 E. Murphy Nest of Singing Birds 388 I can hear you singing. You're made up with your house, aren't you?

1996 M. Burgess Junk (1997) xi. 115 We found some other quite nice books, including one with plates in—just a few—drawings of hillsides and stuff. He was so made up about it.

1956 O. St. J. Gogarty It isn't this Time of Year at All 227 If you have not been lucky and see it you will be ‘made up’ for the rest of your born days.

1992 T. Murphy Patriot Game in Plays: 1 102 What with the high prices for the stock and the grain an' the exportin' wholesale since the war started: we'll be made-up if it lasts, an' secure if the Volunteers don't go upsettin' us.