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单词 well-customed
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well-customedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈkʌstəmd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈkəstəmd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., customed adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + customed adj.
Now rare.
Much frequented by customers; having much custom or trade. Cf. well-accustomed adj.Recorded earliest in main senseIn quot. 1968 echoing quot. a1626 at customed adj. 2.
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1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 2nd Pt. ii. i. sig. Hiij I, which lycenst am, to sell fine ware: Am lyke to be well customed perdy.
1594 H. Plat Jewell House 66 But this [trick of the vintners] is daungerous vnlesse it bee in a house well customed.
1612 Hutton's Discouery of London Monster sig. A3 A well customed house, wher such a Porter keeps the doore and calls in company.
1681 London Gaz. No. 1578/4 A Large and well customed Inn.
1706 Wisdom of Nation is Foolishness 14 Our meanest of the Poor will buy their Bread of the well custom'd Baker.
1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife i. i. 3 A well-custom'd House, a handsome Bar-keeper, with clean obliging Drawers, soon get the Master an Estate.
1851 J. Richardson Real Exhibitors Exhibited v. 94 The snug corner of the fireside of the well-customed public-house.
1968 H. B. White Peace among Willows i. 1 Yet, in these storms, the water mill has been well customed. Despite Bacon's fears, controversies between Protestant and Catholic did not hinder the advancement of science.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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