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单词 well-kent
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well-kentadj.

Brit. /wɛlˈkɛnt/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈkɛnt/, Scottish English /wɛlˈkɛnt/
Forms:

α. See well adv. and n.4 and kenned adj.

β. See well adv. and n.4 and kent adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., kenned adj.; well adv., kent adj.
Etymology: In α. forms < well adv. + kenned adj. In β. forms < well adv. + kent adj. Compare earlier well-known adj.
Scottish.
Well-known, familiar.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective]
couthOE
known1340
familiara1398
unstrangec1400
learnedc1420
conversant1430
beknown?c1475
well-beknown1480
quentc1540
well-kent1554
quainted1560
well-known1568
obversant1579
conversed1607
tame1609
familiarized1633
intimatea1680
household1761
homely1782
ole1835
old1898
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. N.v Quhat chaistytie, thay keip in Rome Is weill kend ouer all christindome.
1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) (1896) II. 223 Quhill..stuffit weill with warldis wrak, Amang my freindis I wes weill kend.
1669 Hist. Sir Eger 17 He is a man that is well kend, Hath doughtie hands him to defend.
?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 5 Sae roos'd by ane of well kend Mettle, Nae sma did my Ambition pettle.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 264 I doubt na, lass, that weel kenned name May cost a pair o' blushes.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped i. 3 Others, all well-kenned gentlemen, had pleasure in his society.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxvii. 205 So I was here upon well-kenned ground.
1918 L. M. Watt Heart of Soldier xiii. 179 Oh ay—the Berracks is a well-kent place!
1960 Countryman 57 604 Ah buy them coallars in a box o' a dizzen frae a weel-kent firm i' Glasgow.
2012 C. M. Jameson Silent Spring Revisited 145 A job as a stage technician..meant rubbing shoulders with Snow White, seven dwarves, and some well-kent faces from the cast of Gregory's Girl.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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