单词 | well in one's wits |
释义 | > as lemmaswell in (also †of) one's wits ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] in (one's right) witc1000 wittyc1000 wisec1290 well-tempered1340 reasonablec1400 safe1402 perfectc1440 well in (also of) one's witsa1450 right in one's geara1500 well-advised1532 sensed1549 unmad1570 well-advised1585 rational1598 solid1606 in one's (right) senses1613 formala1616 of (in) disposing mind or memory1628 compos mentis1631 righta1638 well-hinged1649 well-balanced1652 spacked1673 clear-headed1709 sane1721 unfantastic1794 unmaddened1797 pas si bête1840 lucid1843 unfantastical1862 clothed and in one's right mind1873 right-minded1876 ungiddy1904 clear1950 a1450 in Warwickshire Antiquarian Mag. (1869) 4 182 She was mony dayes after distracte, and nat long after so well of her wittes as she was to fore. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. J.iii A manne may assuredly thinke him not to be wel in his wittes. 1577 tr. St. Augustine in H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. viii. sig. N.viiv/1 What man that were wel in his wittes would say to kinges [etc.]. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 4 If I shuld say it, rather I (than you) might be thought scarce wel in my wits. 1650 R. Weston Disc. Husbandrie Brabant & Flanders 25 Such profitable Terms, as no man, that is well in his wits, but will venture at them. 1686 W. Clagett Seventeen Serm. (1699) App. 18 No body, well in his wits can be misled by it. 1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 90 A Man would hardly be supposed well in his Wits, that should seriously entertain any the least Doubt..concerning it. ?1754 Mock Monarchs I. xvi. 177 It makes a Body believe you are not well in your Wits, when you tell one a Story, that takes up more Time in guessing its Meaning, than in repeating. < as lemmas |
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