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单词 well-suited
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well-suitedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈs(j)uːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈsudəd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and suited adj.1
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., suited adj.1; well adv., suit v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: In sense 1 < well adv. + suited adj.1 In sense 2 probably < well adv. + suit v. + -ed suffix1; compare suited adj.2
1. Wearing a fine or elegant suit of clothes; well-clothed.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > properly dressed
well-clotheda1387
readyc1405
well-suited1598
1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. B2v Enter Pego like a Burgomaister... Ir. Oh sir you are very well suted.
1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes xxxiii. 325 I never heard me thinks a sadder complaint then, that Walls are cloathed, while the poor go naked, Horses well suted and fed while Christians sterved.
1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 69 Do you think I could walk pleasantly and well-suited toward annihilation?
1953 Times 27 Nov. 9/7 So rich a city.., with its exquisitely dressed women and well-suited men.
1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xiii. 127 His likeness..shows him as well-suited as any eminent Edwardian, the wide skirt of the jacket falling away from a high button.
2011 M. Russinovich Zero Day ii. 16 The well-suited man stood and introduced himself.
2. Highly appropriate to or suitable for a particular situation, role, or person. Also of two or more people or things: very suitable for one another; well-matched.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > (of persons) suited to each other
well-suited?1617
?1617 T. Campion 3rd & 4th Bk. Ayres sig. G That honour and well-suted Prayse Is Vertues Golden Spurre.
1677 F. Bampfield All in One 139 Eve was such an united help as was exactly conformed to Adam's Nature,..such a well suited Auxiliary.
1692 W. Walsh Lett. & Poems 117 Mopsus weds Nisa! Oh, well-suited Pair!
1757 J. Hill Eden 468/2 The fillling up the Alleys with a well suited Soil, trod properly down, will do a great deal.
1789 J. Gough Hist. People called Quakers II. xi. 85 Anne Newby..proved a well-suited companion.
1850 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardener 11 Apr. 15/2 Gilpin was the well-suited guide.
1886 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 21 Apr. 7/3 Whether..the time had not come when some thoroughly well-suited premises, under some thoroughly well-suited person, should not be available for the disposal of exciseable liquors.
1919 J. Galsworthy Saint's Progress iii. x. 200 They were a notably well-suited couple.
1971 Ornis Scandinavica 2 28/2 The Dunlin was chosen as a well-suited object for the study.
1996 R. H. Graham SR-71 Revealed ix. 117 Okinawa provided a well-suited location to fly sorties into Vietnam.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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