单词 | worded |
释义 | wordedadj.ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4604 (MED) Vlixes..was..Ful of wyles..To forge a lesyng also wonder able; With face pleyn he coude make it towe, Merie wordid, and but selde lowe. a. That involves the use of many words; verbose, wordy. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose wordyOE of many wordsc1350 windya1382 diffused?a1475 word-dearthing1593 verbosious1601 worded1602 wordish1604 diffuse1612 wording1615 diffusive1624 verbose1665 baggy1866 talky1937 waffling1945 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. sig. D4 This Tyranny Is strange; to take mine Eares vp by Commission,..and make them stalls To his lewd Solœcismes, and woorded trash. View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Wks. (1640) 192 What though the greedie Frie Be taken with false Baytes Of worded Balladrie, And thinke it Poësie? 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. World in Moone vi. 81 He was much opposed by Aristotle in some worded disputations, but never confuted by any solid reason. b. Of a person: that has an extensive vocabulary. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > having large vocabulary copiousc1550 worded1734 1734 J. Richardson & J. Richardson Explanatory Notes Paradise Lost p. lxxxiii A Man of Learning indeed, and a Great Etymologist, but a Meer Scholar... Morus was also a Worded Man; and he was a Celebrated Preacher. 3. a. Formed into words; expressed in or put into words. rare. ΚΠ 1655 J. Birkenhead in H. Lawes 2nd Bk. Ayres & Dialogues To the Great Master of his Art One..Who dwells not in lean Sounds, from Breath or Wyre,..but Worded Sense pursues. 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 3 May 1775 (note) No other worded idea bears so near an affinity. 1821 J. Clare Let. 10 Apr. (1985) 180 I sent you this letter..to insure a certainty of seeing one whom I shall ever esteem not with a jargon of worded flattereys but with a heart that feels proud..for your friendship. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad l. 516 No worded description of a moving spectacle is a hundredth part as moving as the same spectacle seen with one's own eyes. 1988 M. Brodsky X in Paris 94 Now that it was all over once again nothing had been gained, nothing confirmed but the diabolical perdurability of phenomena, barely scorched by worded thoughts. b. With preceding qualifying adverb: expressed in a particular kind of language or form of words; phrased in a particular manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [adjective] > expressed in phrases phrased1557 worded1833 1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. i. 124 A scripturally-worded creed. 1871 M. E. Braddon Lovels i Every occasion brought..the same coldly worded letter. 1910 E. Ferber in Buttered Side Down (1941) 42 He peruses the slangily worded ads of the ‘classy clothes’ tailors. 1961 Amer. Hist. Rev. 66 761 The Nipponese would later seize on the badly worded note to justify their claim to all of China. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane vii. 146 Carefully and often cunningly worded correspondence to the council. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1425 |
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