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to be made of
5. transitive (in passive). to be made of:
a. Of a thing: to have been fashioned, whether by human agency or by nature, out of (certain materials); to have as its material, constituents, or component parts; to consist or be composed of.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > be composed of or consist of [verb (transitive)]
to be made ofa1200
to stand of ——a1393
to stand togetherc1475
remaina1525
compose?1541
subsist1549
to stand on ——1563
to consist of1565
to stand upon ——1601
to consist in1614
comprise1874
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 145 Ane box ȝemaked of marbelstone.
c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 666 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 318 (MED) Of þis foure elemenz ech quic þing I-make is.
a1350 (c1307) in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 23 Þe holy crois y-mad of tre.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21741 (MED) Maked it [sc. the Cross] es o faur and tre..Nokes four and treis thrin.
?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. pr. i. 22 Hir clothes weren makid of right delye thredes.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) ii. 6 Þe table..was made of olyue.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 8 A sillogisme is mad of twey proposiciouns.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 172 Towngis now ar maid of quhite quhale bone, And hartis ar maid of hard flynt stone.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 318/1 Made of cristall, cristalin.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 255v I found Rome made but of bricke, and I will leaue it of marble.
a1640 P. Massinger Guardian i. i. 151, in 3 New Playes (1655) I am made of other clay.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 66 Cords made of Hemp.
1722 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry I. 119 A Cross Bourdonee, as if it were made of Pilgrims Staves, which use to have a round Ball at the Top.
1827 Mirror 2 164/1 Books aren't made of Stilton cheese.
1892 Argosy Oct. 312 The drums were made of metal.
1954 P. Frankau Wreath for Enemy i. vi. 48 I was grateful for Francis' arm holding me; my legs had begun to feel as though they were made of spaghetti.
1989 M. C. Smith Polar Star iii. xxix. 350 The vests were made of orange cotton over plastic briquettes.
b. Of a person: to be composed or possessed of (certain qualities). Now chiefly in indirect questions. Also in extended use. Cf. stuff n.1 3b.
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > be of certain character [verb (intransitive)]
to be made of?a1425
to be built (that way, etc.)1882
?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. iv. 27 A man maked al of sapience and of vertu.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. v. 33 She looke[s] vs like A thing more made of malice, then of duty. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 93 When that the poore haue cry'de, Cæsar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuffe. View more context for this quotation
1709 B. Mandeville Virgin Unmask'd iii. 49 You may see by their Actions, when they begin to know what they are made of:..some are arch, most of 'em are wanton.
1793 Sporting Calendar Apr. 24/1 There's many a better man than he is..—I'll shew you presently what he is made of.
1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 156 That chap is made of good stuff, depend upon it—all the Dutchmen are.
1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely, but too Well xvi. 276 Are you like other women,..or are you made of sterner stuff, that would not stop at a trifle for the man you loved?
a1930 N. Munro Great Night in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) ii. ix. 360 We may have a chance later on to hear Mr Tod, whose rendition of that fine old song shows us the stuff he is made of.
1951 A. Baron Rosie Hogarth i. vi. 62 A chap always felt a bit rocky after he'd shown what he was made of.
1990 New Dimensions May 38/2 The veteranos, people who had been in the gang for a long time, wanted to see what we were made of.
2004 S. Grafton R is for Ricochet (2005) xxx. 337 It's like a test. Let's see what Beck's made of.
c. colloquial. to be made of money: to be extremely rich, to be very wealthy.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > very or fabulously
as rich as Crœsus1577
to be made of money1781
super-rich1901
stinking1945
loaded1948
mega-rich1980
mega-money1989
1781 Pennsylvania Packet 27 Sept. 2 If they do not [establish a recruiting fund], the battalion will be no more, for it will be impossible for any two officers to keep it up, unless they are made of money.
1849 D. W. Jerrold (title) A man made of money.
1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister III. xv. 254 You're living here in a grand house, and your father's made of money.
1895 Mrs. H. Ward Bessie Costrell ii. 35 You don't care, not you!—one 'ud think yer were made o' money.
1918 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett ii. ii. 292 He asked if I thought he was made of money and could buy top-hats like matches.
1967 E. Coxhead Thankless Muse iv. 103 ‘Then why don't we keep it?’ ‘You think Clare's made of money, I suppose?’
1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles vii. 134 Must think we're bloody made of money, throwing good butter away like it was last week's jerry can.
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