单词 | statured |
释义 | staturedadj. 1. As the second element in parasynthetic formations: having a stature of the specified type, as fair-statured, short-statured, well statured, etc.full-, low-, little-, middle-statured: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > [adjective] statureda1460 taller by a (also the) head1788 statural1968 the world > life > the body > bodily height > [adjective] > having (a certain kind of) stature methefulc1390 statureda1460 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > relating to circumstances of a person or in life > having particular circumstances or background statureda1460 conditioned1632 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 682 (MED) To chose a legioun, this was the gise..Wyis, hardy, strong, doctryned, high statured. 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Nviii You haue three or foure sisters, good well fauored, well featured, wel statured, well natured women. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxiii. 562 As though that we haue no such extraordinary huge statured creatures euen in these our times. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 75 Man fair-statured as the stately palm. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. ii. 49 His height rose far above the French soldiers, and above most even of the lofty-statured Spahis. 1976 Ebony Mar. 88 A medium-statured man given to quick smiles. 2004 Nature 1 July p. xv/2 Growth hormone is used to increase height in short-statured children. 2. Of large or human stature. Now rare. ΚΠ 1830 Olio 18 Sept. 207/1 The value is enhanced by the delightful exhibition of these miniatures which convey ideas of their gigantic and statured portraiture. 1862 World of Phantoms i. 14 She lulls all feeling, gives us power to scan The statured form and lineaments of man! 1904 W. V. Moody Fire-bringer i. 9 Why then so long Do these flat slugs, that once were statured men, Cling to the oozy earth-rind? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1460 |
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