“sharp、witted”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sharp-witted

释义

sharp-witted, a.|ʃɑːpˈwɪtɪd|
[f. sharp a. + wit n. + -ed².]
Sagacious, intelligent.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. xii. (1912) 81 O Lord (saide Musidorus) how sharp-witted you are to hurt your selfe?1623Cockeram ii, Sharp witted. Acute, sagax.1756C. Smart tr. Hor., Sat. i. iii. (1826) II. 27 To bear the sharp⁓witted sneers of these men.1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxi. IV. 538 It was beyond the power of the great King to prevent his..sharpwitted courtiers from whispering to each other.1854J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. Ser. i. (1872) 45 The sharp-witted provincial of Greece or Asia Minor.
Hence sharpˈwittedness.
1647Hexham 1, Sharpwittednesse, Vernuftigheyt, scherp⁓sinnigheyt.1858–61E. B. Ramsay Remin. vi. (1870) 194 The sharp-wittedness of the knave.

Add: sharp-ˈwittedly adv.
1934Webster, Sharp-wittedly.1988New Leader 28 Nov. 22/2 Dean's Night sharp-wittedly cornered all that is reductive in classical technique.

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