单词 | well-sung |
释义 | well-sungadj. Skilfully or pleasingly sung. Also: †skilfully, pleasingly, or frequently praised in song (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [adjective] > published or spread abroad publisheda1400 divulgatea1440 well-sunga1450 vulgate1513 promulgate1526 blazed1590 divulged1607 frequent1623 promulgated1657 announced1769 publicized1822 divulgated1842 outblown1851 vulgateda1861 circulated1867 broadcast1878 well-publicized1917 a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 880 (MED) Mankynd, þat was wel songe, Sertys now þou canst sum skyll. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C3 Tis wel sung good old man. 1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 8 I'll fixe thy title next in fame To Sacharissas well-sung name. 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 435 The well-sung woes shall sooth my pensive ghost. 1786 R. Burns Poems 210 Till echoes a' resound again Her weel-sung praise. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 451/1 What an avenue must he pass to the well-sung towers of Holyrood. 1869 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 262 We would have a ‘Book of Heroes’ before the splendour of which many a well-sung glory would pale. 1903 Monthly Rev. Aug. 87 A damask purse containing twenty-five gold coins as ‘honorarium for a mass well-sung’. 1992 Face Feb. 82 (caption) Real music, strong tunes and well sung, uplifting lyrics. 2007 S. Milnes Amer. Aria viii. 126 At the end of a well-sung opera, applause can last up to twenty minutes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1450 |
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