well-madeadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈmeɪd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈmeɪd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and make v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English made , make v.¹

Etymology: < well adv. + made, past participle of make v.¹

1. Of a person or animal: having a strong or fine physique.

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] > well put together

well-madec1325

well-composed1485

well-fashioned1542

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8527 Quarre he was & wel ymad vor to be strong.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 38 (MED) Heo haþ a mete myddel smal, body ant brest wel mad al.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 385 Off lymmys he wes weill maid, With banys gret & schuldrys braid.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 226 Tho men whyche haue wel-makyd and synowy and stronge legges.

1543 More's Hist. Richard III in Chron. J. Hardyng f. lxiiii^v She was..moderate of nature, well made, and very wise.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 486 War he ane manly man, as he is weill maid, He war full michtie.

1638 J. Taylor Bull, Beare, & Horse sig. E The well-made Horse of Barbarie.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 15 Aug. (1971) V. 243 He is a comely and well-made man.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4391/4 A bay gelt Horse..well made and well ribb'd.

1783 H. Cowley Bold Stroke for Husband v. ii. 46 Let me see, well made, a good air, you are the man for a dancer.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iv. 61 His stature was rather tall, and he was well-made and wiry.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xx. 204 She was a tall, well-made woman.

1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xxxii. 332 The child that was born..was a well-made boy weighing almost ten pounds.

2012 L. L. Miller Outlaw's Christmas ii. 53 A small but well-made woman with dark hair.

a. Of a thing: skilfully fabricated, constructed, or contrived.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought

craftyOE

well-wrought?c1225

broidenc1230

quaintc1300

craftily?c1335

craftiousc1400

hagherc1400

well-madec1475

artificial1490

well-framed1532

well-fashioned1542

crafted?1548

well-laboured1550

finished1582

well built1605

well-arted?1611

composeda1616

technical1656

affabrous1755

well-worked1865

technic1877

well-crafted1926

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. l. 48 (MED) It was..For ony cristen kynge a croune well ymakyd.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 157 Ȝe tailȝouris, with weil maid clais Can mend the werst maid man that gais.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 42^v We content our selues with our earthen floores, wel made and of good earth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 230 Halfe won is match well made .

1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 258 Greater qua[ntities] of well-made cloth.

1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 60 Their two Slaves who carry the Hammock have each a strong well-made Staff, with a fine Iron Fork at the upper end, and a sharp Iron below.

1793 J. Farington Diary 19 Aug. (1978) I. 38 It was with an exactness like a well made machine.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 14 Her complexion..was as clear as that of a well-made wax doll.

1955 Changing Times Aug. 42/1 In a well-made suit, buttonholes are stitched neatly and tightly on both sides with close stitches.

2011 D. Freeman Try This iii. 61 In my opinion, a well-made cocktail is the best ending to a great Cuban meal.

b. Of a play, novel, etc.: written in a formulaic manner which aims at neatness of plot and foregrounding of dramatic incident rather than naturalism, depth of characterization, intellectual substance, etc. Esp. in well-made play. Now chiefly historical. [Apparently after French pièce bien faite (1749 or earlier in this sense). Quot. 1881 is from a newspaper article based on, and citing in translation, Zola's Le roman expérimental (1880); Zola does not use pièce bien faite in that work, although it does occur e.g. in his Le naturalisme au théâtre (1881).]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play

king play1469

king game1504

historya1509

chronicle history1600

monology1608

horseplaya1627

piscatory1631

stock play1708

petite pièce1712

mimic1724

ballad opera1730

ballad farce1735

benefit-play1740

potboiler1783

monodrama1793

extravaganza1797

theo-drama1801

monodrame1803

proverb1803

stock piece1804

bespeak1807

ticket-night1812

dramaticle1813

monopolylogue1819

pièce d'occasion1830

interlude1831

mimea1834

costume piece1834

mummers' play1849

history play1850

gag-piece1860

music drama1874

well-made1881

playlet1884

two-decker1884

slum1885

kinderspiel1886

thrill1886

knockabout1887

two-hander1888

front-piece1889

thriller1889

shadow-play1890

mime play1894

problem play1894

one-acter1895

sex play1899

chronicle drama1902

thesis-play1902

star vehicle1904

folk-play1905

radio play1908

tab1915

spy play1919

one-act1920

pièce à thèse1923

dance-drama1924

a mess of plottage1926

turkey1927

weepie1928

musical1930

cliffhanger1931

mime drama1931

triangle drama1931

weeper1934

spine-chiller1940

starrer1941

scorcher1942

teleplay1947

straw-hatter1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

tab show1951

conversation piece1952

psychodrama1956

whydunit1968

mystery play1975

State of the Nation1980

1881 tr. É. Zola in N.Y. Times 23 Jan. 10/2 The well-made play, made, that is to say, upon a certain regular and symmetrical pattern, became a curious and amusing plaything.

1897 Daily News 5 Jan. 6/1 There has been..a very decided reaction against the ‘well-made’ novel—that is the novel cunningly planned and ingeniously conducted to a definite dénouement.

1910 G. B. Shaw Brieux 13 Commercially, the classic play was supplanted by a nuisance which was not a failure: to wit, the ‘well made play’ of Scribe and his school. The manufacture of well made plays is not an art: it is an industry.

1962 Listener 11 Oct. 574/1 The merits and the demerits of a Galsworthian ‘well-made’ play.

2003 M. Gibińska in A. L. Pujante & T. Hoenselaars Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Eur. 55 A dogma that underlay all expectations of a ‘well-made’ tragedy or comedy.

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

单词	well-made
释义	well-madeadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈmeɪd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈmeɪd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and make v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English made , make v.¹ Etymology: < well adv. + made, past participle of make v.¹ 1. Of a person or animal: having a strong or fine physique. 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] > well put together well-madec1325 well-composed1485 well-fashioned1542 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8527 Quarre he was & wel ymad vor to be strong. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 38 (MED) Heo haþ a mete myddel smal, body ant brest wel mad al. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 385 Off lymmys he wes weill maid, With banys gret & schuldrys braid. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 226 Tho men whyche haue wel-makyd and synowy and stronge legges. 1543 More's Hist. Richard III in Chron. J. Hardyng f. lxiiii^v She was..moderate of nature, well made, and very wise. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 486 War he ane manly man, as he is weill maid, He war full michtie. 1638 J. Taylor Bull, Beare, & Horse sig. E The well-made Horse of Barbarie. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 15 Aug. (1971) V. 243 He is a comely and well-made man. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4391/4 A bay gelt Horse..well made and well ribb'd. 1783 H. Cowley Bold Stroke for Husband v. ii. 46 Let me see, well made, a good air, you are the man for a dancer. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iv. 61 His stature was rather tall, and he was well-made and wiry. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xx. 204 She was a tall, well-made woman. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xxxii. 332 The child that was born..was a well-made boy weighing almost ten pounds. 2012 L. L. Miller Outlaw's Christmas ii. 53 A small but well-made woman with dark hair. 2. a. Of a thing: skilfully fabricated, constructed, or contrived. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought craftyOE well-wrought?c1225 broidenc1230 quaintc1300 craftily?c1335 craftiousc1400 hagherc1400 well-madec1475 artificial1490 well-framed1532 well-fashioned1542 crafted?1548 well-laboured1550 finished1582 well built1605 well-arted?1611 composeda1616 technical1656 affabrous1755 well-worked1865 technic1877 well-crafted1926 c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. l. 48 (MED) It was..For ony cristen kynge a croune well ymakyd. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 157 Ȝe tailȝouris, with weil maid clais Can mend the werst maid man that gais. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 42^v We content our selues with our earthen floores, wel made and of good earth. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 230 Halfe won is match well made . View more context for this quotation 1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 258 Greater qua[ntities] of well-made cloth. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 60 Their two Slaves who carry the Hammock have each a strong well-made Staff, with a fine Iron Fork at the upper end, and a sharp Iron below. 1793 J. Farington Diary 19 Aug. (1978) I. 38 It was with an exactness like a well made machine. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 14 Her complexion..was as clear as that of a well-made wax doll. 1955 Changing Times Aug. 42/1 In a well-made suit, buttonholes are stitched neatly and tightly on both sides with close stitches. 2011 D. Freeman Try This iii. 61 In my opinion, a well-made cocktail is the best ending to a great Cuban meal. b. Of a play, novel, etc.: written in a formulaic manner which aims at neatness of plot and foregrounding of dramatic incident rather than naturalism, depth of characterization, intellectual substance, etc. Esp. in well-made play. Now chiefly historical. [Apparently after French pièce bien faite (1749 or earlier in this sense). Quot. 1881 is from a newspaper article based on, and citing in translation, Zola's Le roman expérimental (1880); Zola does not use pièce bien faite in that work, although it does occur e.g. in his Le naturalisme au théâtre (1881).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play king play1469 king game1504 historya1509 chronicle history1600 monology1608 horseplaya1627 piscatory1631 stock play1708 petite pièce1712 mimic1724 ballad opera1730 ballad farce1735 benefit-play1740 potboiler1783 monodrama1793 extravaganza1797 theo-drama1801 monodrame1803 proverb1803 stock piece1804 bespeak1807 ticket-night1812 dramaticle1813 monopolylogue1819 pièce d'occasion1830 interlude1831 mimea1834 costume piece1834 mummers' play1849 history play1850 gag-piece1860 music drama1874 well-made1881 playlet1884 two-decker1884 slum1885 kinderspiel1886 thrill1886 knockabout1887 two-hander1888 front-piece1889 thriller1889 shadow-play1890 mime play1894 problem play1894 one-acter1895 sex play1899 chronicle drama1902 thesis-play1902 star vehicle1904 folk-play1905 radio play1908 tab1915 spy play1919 one-act1920 pièce à thèse1923 dance-drama1924 a mess of plottage1926 turkey1927 weepie1928 musical1930 cliffhanger1931 mime drama1931 triangle drama1931 weeper1934 spine-chiller1940 starrer1941 scorcher1942 teleplay1947 straw-hatter1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 tab show1951 conversation piece1952 psychodrama1956 whydunit1968 mystery play1975 State of the Nation1980 1881 tr. É. Zola in N.Y. Times 23 Jan. 10/2 The well-made play, made, that is to say, upon a certain regular and symmetrical pattern, became a curious and amusing plaything. 1897 Daily News 5 Jan. 6/1 There has been..a very decided reaction against the ‘well-made’ novel—that is the novel cunningly planned and ingeniously conducted to a definite dénouement. 1910 G. B. Shaw Brieux 13 Commercially, the classic play was supplanted by a nuisance which was not a failure: to wit, the ‘well made play’ of Scribe and his school. The manufacture of well made plays is not an art: it is an industry. 1962 Listener 11 Oct. 574/1 The merits and the demerits of a Galsworthian ‘well-made’ play. 2003 M. Gibińska in A. L. Pujante & T. Hoenselaars Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Eur. 55 A dogma that underlay all expectations of a ‘well-made’ tragedy or comedy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1325
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