单词 | well-featured |
释义 | well-featuredadj. Originally: having a well-proportioned shape or form; (after Middle English) spec. having attractive facial features. Now usually of a piece of technology: having a large number of useful or attractive features. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > specifically of persons featous1340 well-featureda1460 formal1525 featured1567 trim1568 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 943 A stronge & wel fetured man, That can a spere, a dart, a sword wel caste..And spende his wepon wel withoute waste. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 217 They be faire bodyed and passyngly wele fetured. c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 111 And many tymes he wold..thinke yn his mynde that they were passing wele fetured, and goodly folkes. 1590 Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie 11 A bare faced youth, well featured, of a liuely countenance. ?c1599 ‘Ignoto’ in J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigr. & Elegies sig. D4v Wel featurde lasse, thou knowest I loue thee deare. ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. L4v Well featut'd [sic] Flesh too base a Subiect is For Sou'raign Loues diuine, ay-blest, imbrace. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2354/8 An Indian Black, about 18 years of Age, well featur'd. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 267 Weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw. 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough v Who, to do him justice, was a gentleman-like, well-featured fellow enough. 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xvii. 226 A tall,..well-featured, mild, gentlemanlike man. 1922 People's Home Jrnl. July 30/1 He was prosperous-looking, she concluded at a glance, and well-featured enough, with the exception of his mouth. 1982 Winnipeg Free Press 3 July 47/2 (advt.) Holiday Sereo Amplifier, 40 watts per channel, well featured, $75. 2001 Middle East Times (Egypt ed.) 7 Apr. 4/4 The ancient Greek engravings and the remaining statues of Cleopatra indicate that she was beautiful, well featured and lissome. 2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 June c6 A chic, well-made and well-featured phone whose looks guarantee a second glance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1460 |
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