personedadj.
/ˈpəːsnd/, U.S. /ˈpərs(ə)nd/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > belonging to a particular thing or person
specialc1230
proper1340
peculiara1475
specifical?a1475
singular?a1513
private1526
privy1560
personed1565
individual1570
particular1582
idiotical1655
specific1665
sacred1667
specific1667
specifiala1670
idiomatic1771
idiomatical1774
appropriate1796
exclusive1804
propriate1820
especial1854
dedicated1969
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > united or made into one
oneOE
unitec1429
concorporate?a1475
concorporalc1475
united1552
personed1565
concorporeal1871
1565 M. Harding in J. Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 632 The Pope..may erre by personed error, in his own priuate iudgement, as a man, and as a particular Doctor in his own opinion.
2. In parasynthetic compounds. In early use: †having a physical appearance or figure of a specified type (obsolete). Now only: having selves, identities, or personalities of a specified number; spec. in three-personed adj. Theology (of God) having the three modes of being which together constitute the Trinity (cf. person n. 6a).full-, tender-personed: see the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > [adjective] > with regard to appearance
personed?1614
?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses xi. 169 This man, So goodly person'd, and so matcht with mind.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 38 Batter my heart, three person'd God.
1978 Speculum 53 644 The inevitable trio of tested brothers..are all really the same person,..and the storyteller and listener Mrs. Wilson's theory rolls up in the many-personed protagonist.
1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. (Features section) The many-personed Davies's current projects include two films, six television scripts.., and a new novel.
1995 New Daylight Sept. 38/1 Only one name, and one person—but one with the three-personed God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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