well-proportionatedadj.
/ˌwɛlprəˈpɔːʃəneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlprəˈpɔrʃəˌneɪdᵻd/ Now rare.
= well-proportioned adj.
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the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective]
well-proportioneda1398
regularc1450
proportionable1576
formly1577
symmetriated1592
symmetrial1612
well-proportionated1612
well-balanceda1616
symmetrical1751
symmetric1796
eurhythmic1831
eumorphous1859
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > well-proportioned
well-proportioneda1398
handsome1550
proportionable1576
well-thewed1583
well-proportionated1612
well-turned1631
nice-sized1799
1612 tr. Plutarch Liues (new ed.) 51 If they found him..well proportionated [1579 well proportioned] of all his limmes [Fr. bien formé de tous ses membres].
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. lv. 205 Keeping a well-proportionated space One from another.
1793 Astrol. Mag. Oct. 70/2 The triangle æquilaterally and well proportioned, if it be of clear fair lines, and well proportionated, it is a sign of equality of humours.
1898 Brit. Architect 8 July 23/1 An essentially modern but interesting and well-proportionated building.
1922 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 5 250 A well proportionated medium size plaza is one six hundred feet long and four hundred feet wide.
2004 Winnipeg Free Press 19 Feb. d9/4 Hardworking, single white male... Looking for an open-minded, well-proportionated, single female.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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