well-laid
/ˌwɛlˈleɪd/adjective
1Firmly or skilfully laid.
2With adverbs in uses corresponding to phrasal verbs at lay, especially in well-laid-out.
3Of a plan, scheme, etc.: formulated carefully or meticulously.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas More (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. From well + laid, past participle of lay.
- Corner country
- corner dairy
- cornered
- corner forward
- corner kick
- cornerman
- corner shop
- preoccupiedly
- preoccupier
- preoccupy
- preocular
- pre-Oedipal
- pre-Oedipus
- preoesophageal
- preon
- pre-op
- preoperating
- pre-operation
- preoperational
- preoperative
- preoperatively
- preopercle
- preopercular
- preopercule
- preoperculum