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worded, ppl. a.|ˈwɜːdɪd|
[f. word n. or v. + -ed.]
1. Formed into words; expressed in or put into words. rare.
1606Chapman Gentl. Usher iv. i. 69 Away with this vnmedicinable balme Of worded breath. 1869Ruskin Q. of Air i. §42 Capable of interpretation only by the majesty of ordered, beautiful, and worded sound. 1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abr. 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.
b. Qualified by an adv.: Expressed in a particular kind of language or form or words; phrased in such-and-such a manner.
1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 210 A cautiously worded, but firm answer. 1871M. E. Braddon Lovels i, Every occasion brought..the same coldly worded letter. 1899Mackail W. Morris II. 270 His latest and most carefully-worded confession of faith.
2. Full of words:
a. involving the use of many words, wordy;
b. having a good stock of words at command. nonce-uses.
1638Wilkins New World vi. 81 He was much opposed by Aristotle in some worded disputations, but never confuted by any solid reason. 1734J. Richardson Milton's P.L. 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. |
