well-lostadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈlɒst/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈlɔst/,

/ˌwɛlˈlɑst/

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

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., lost adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + lost adj.

Lost in a good cause or for a good reason; beneficially lost.In later use sometimes with allusion to Dryden's use (see quot. 1678); cf. quots. 1838, 2012.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > in a good cause

well-lost1532

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere Pref. sig. Eeiii The very tryacle were well loste so that all venome and poyson were vtterly lost therwyth.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn1 Neuer can God himselfe perswade me, that Pyrocles life is not well lost, for to preserue the most admirable Philoclea.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 246 Would your honor But giue me leaue to trie successe, I'de venture The well lost life of mine, on his Graces cure, By such a day, an houre.

1678 J. Dryden (title) All for Love, or the World well Lost.

1797 R. C. Dallas Lucretia v, in Misc. Writings 200 Whose well lost life, whose honour franchis'd Rome.

1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 369/1 His maxim is ‘all for business or the world well lost’. He thinks of nothing but business, for he thinks nothing else worth thinking of.

1875 C. Beard Soul's Way to God xxii. 287 We are touched with the nobleness rather than with the sadness of their fate, and think life well lost for duty finely done.

1968 Changing Times Oct. 19/1 Their attitude toward their autumn years is basically youthful. Not that they strive to recapture a well-lost immaturity.

2012 J. Llewelyn Rigor of Certain Inhumanity ii. 41 If by the world that is the object investigated by science is meant an entity, Davidson is for doing without it. That is a world well lost.

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

单词	well-lost
释义	well-lostadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈlɒst/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈlɔst/, /ˌwɛlˈlɑst/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and lost adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., lost adj. Etymology: < well adv. + lost adj. Lost in a good cause or for a good reason; beneficially lost.In later use sometimes with allusion to Dryden's use (see quot. 1678); cf. quots. 1838, 2012. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > in a good cause well-lost1532 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere Pref. sig. Eeiii The very tryacle were well loste so that all venome and poyson were vtterly lost therwyth. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn1 Neuer can God himselfe perswade me, that Pyrocles life is not well lost, for to preserue the most admirable Philoclea. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 246 Would your honor But giue me leaue to trie successe, I'de venture The well lost life of mine, on his Graces cure, By such a day, an houre. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Dryden (title) All for Love, or the World well Lost. 1797 R. C. Dallas Lucretia v, in Misc. Writings 200 Whose well lost life, whose honour franchis'd Rome. 1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 369/1 His maxim is ‘all for business or the world well lost’. He thinks of nothing but business, for he thinks nothing else worth thinking of. 1875 C. Beard Soul's Way to God xxii. 287 We are touched with the nobleness rather than with the sadness of their fate, and think life well lost for duty finely done. 1968 Changing Times Oct. 19/1 Their attitude toward their autumn years is basically youthful. Not that they strive to recapture a well-lost immaturity. 2012 J. Llewelyn Rigor of Certain Inhumanity ii. 41 If by the world that is the object investigated by science is meant an entity, Davidson is for doing without it. That is a world well lost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1532
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