单词 | well-distinguished |
释义 | well-distinguishedadj. Clearly defined; readily separated; distinct. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct sunderlyeOE sundryOE serec1175 proper1340 serelepesa1400 sundrylepesc1400 sunderlepesa1450 peculiar1509 several1533 unconfounded1577 well-distinguished1594 articulate1603 unconfused1609 inconfused1626 separate1691 demarcated1862 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct > able to be distinguished well-distinguished1594 designable1629 differentiable1867 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. xiii. 89 But man onely hath articulate and well distinguished soundes: vnto which, birdes of all other beastes approch neerest. 1668 H. P. Cressy Church-hist. Brittany 283/2 Baronius affirms that the principall of them were Augustin and Mellitus. Others to Mellitus adjoyn Iustus and Iohn. But they have not well distinguished times. 1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ i. 51 Lo, from afar the promis'd Day Shines with a well-distinguish'd Ray. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xxi. 538 Servants, all arranged in well-distinguished grades. 1965 Castanea 30 195 Hybrid swarms produced by the bringing together of previously isolated and well-distinguished species. 2007 B. Falkenburg Particle Metaphysics viii. 328 Light is not constituted by well-distinguished light atoms or quanta in the way Newton conceived of them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1594 |
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