单词 | affabrous |
释义 | affabrousadj. Now rare. Characterized by or requiring skill or ingenuity; ingeniously made or finished. 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 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 40 Carpenters will be in this on my side; For the Scriptures do much commend those..who had practical excellency of curious knowledge in this Artificious Affabrous Science. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Affabrous, skilfully made; complete; finished in a workman-like manner. 1808 J. Macdonald Treat. Telegr. Communication 59 His anthology, affabrous in its nature, afforded him amusement. 1898 Federal Reporter 83 699 A crown from a gold plate. Such a crown would be affabrous undoubtedly. 1918 A. Marlowe Unthrown Stone 60 Wheels within wheels, affabrous workmanship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1677 |
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