mentionedadj.
/ˈmɛnʃnd/, U.S. /ˈmɛn(t)ʃənd/ Of which mention has been made.Now usually as the second element in compounds. For more established compounds, as above-, before-, under-mentioned, etc., see the first element.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adjective] > mentioned
mindedc1460
mentioned1531
recited1534
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered > about, of, or to
mentionatec1525
mentioned1531
spoken1595
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vii. sig. avii By the afore mencioned autoritie, faithe is conseruatour of the same.
?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. C4 Mopo, and his mentioned companions.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mentionné, mentionned; nominated, named.
1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle i. 35 The mentioned Town of Gainsborrough.
c1694 Acct. Tryalls Manch. (1864) 1 The prisonrs before mencioned, with others, were brought into Manchester.
1706 S. Sewall Diary 24 Dec. (1973) I. 557 He is to send me 15. Fountains, which are paid for in the mention'd Sum.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxi. 142 Which makes the mentioned Angle more acute.
1865 J. H. Stirling Sir W. Hamilton 73 In reference to the mentioned doctrines of Kant.
1914 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 70 p. xcviii Immediately below the last-mentioned bed a deposit of sand..was penetrated.
1968 J. Mitchell Pirate of Penzance (song) in Compl. Poems & Lyrics (1997) 19 I was at sea I tell you I was Nowhere near the mentioned murder place.
1986 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Trav. in Hyper Reality vi. 274 What I want to insist on here is that in the above-mentioned instances comic effect is achieved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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