well-inventedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlɪnˈvɛntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlᵻnˈvɛn(t)əd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and invented adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: well adv., invented adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + invented adj., originally after Middle French bien inventé (1588, in the passage translated in quot. 1588, or earlier).

Skilfully fabricated or composed; (of a story) contrived so as to be appropriate or plausible even if untrue. Cf. ben trovato adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > ingenious > characterized by ingenuity

craftlyOE

quaintc1230

sly1297

subtilea1393

subtlea1400

cunning1423

prettyc1450

ingenious1548

politicc1550

well-contrived1563

conceited1579

well-invented1588

concepted1594

nimble1602

artful1605

artly?1614

artistical1646

callid1656

well-couched1671

tippy1863

genius1924

creative1967

1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. xxii. 276 The order by Don Iohn obserued at Lepanto, I haue alwaies thought to bee most conuenient and well inuented [Fr. bien inuenté].

1601 P. Rosseter Bk. of Ayres To Rdr. sig. A2^v In Musicke we yeeld the chiefe place to the graue, and well inuented Motet.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 240 He full of fraudful Arts This well invented Tale for Truth imparts.

1708 E. Bysshe Art Eng. Poetry (rev. ed.) I. Pref. The well-invented Fables of the Antients were design'd only to inculcate the Truth with more Delight.

1800 R. Bisset Douglas I. Pref. p. xviii Gil Blas, not seeking a plot, has no occasion for unity of action or other constituents of a well invented epic poem.

1866 B. Taylor Story of Kennett vii. 73 Both well knew the pranks of the boys, but perhaps they found the message well-invented if not true; for they obeyed with secret alacrity.

1919 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Irishman looks at his World viii. 199 It is a well-invented story, and does credit to the wit of the author.

1974 Foundation 5 84 The Xemahoa bird-feather-reference system for number and time-markers is a well-invented curiosity.

2005 A. Nordmann Wittgenstein's Tractatus: Introd. iii. 110 Is it the point..of the suggested internal relation between facts in the world and sentences as facts, that a well-invented and structurally sound sentence is always already a candidate for truth and falsity in the world?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-invented
释义	well-inventedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlɪnˈvɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlᵻnˈvɛn(t)əd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and invented adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: well adv., invented adj. Etymology: < well adv. + invented adj., originally after Middle French bien inventé (1588, in the passage translated in quot. 1588, or earlier). Skilfully fabricated or composed; (of a story) contrived so as to be appropriate or plausible even if untrue. Cf. ben trovato adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > ingenious > characterized by ingenuity craftlyOE quaintc1230 sly1297 subtilea1393 subtlea1400 cunning1423 prettyc1450 ingenious1548 politicc1550 well-contrived1563 conceited1579 well-invented1588 concepted1594 nimble1602 artful1605 artly?1614 artistical1646 callid1656 well-couched1671 tippy1863 genius1924 creative1967 1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. xxii. 276 The order by Don Iohn obserued at Lepanto, I haue alwaies thought to bee most conuenient and well inuented [Fr. bien inuenté]. 1601 P. Rosseter Bk. of Ayres To Rdr. sig. A2^v In Musicke we yeeld the chiefe place to the graue, and well inuented Motet. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 240 He full of fraudful Arts This well invented Tale for Truth imparts. 1708 E. Bysshe Art Eng. Poetry (rev. ed.) I. Pref. The well-invented Fables of the Antients were design'd only to inculcate the Truth with more Delight. 1800 R. Bisset Douglas I. Pref. p. xviii Gil Blas, not seeking a plot, has no occasion for unity of action or other constituents of a well invented epic poem. 1866 B. Taylor Story of Kennett vii. 73 Both well knew the pranks of the boys, but perhaps they found the message well-invented if not true; for they obeyed with secret alacrity. 1919 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Irishman looks at his World viii. 199 It is a well-invented story, and does credit to the wit of the author. 1974 Foundation 5 84 The Xemahoa bird-feather-reference system for number and time-markers is a well-invented curiosity. 2005 A. Nordmann Wittgenstein's Tractatus: Introd. iii. 110 Is it the point..of the suggested internal relation between facts in the world and sentences as facts, that a well-invented and structurally sound sentence is always already a candidate for truth and falsity in the world? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1588
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