ppl. a. [f. LANGUAGE sb. + -ED2.]
1. Skilled in a language or languages. Also well languaged.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 8095. Þoghe he were wyser þan Salamon And bettyr langagede þan was Mercyon.
1513. Earl Worcester, etc. Lett. to Hen. VIII., in Strype, Eccl. Mem. (1721), I. 6. If any Doctors of Civil Law and Languaged might be found in England.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xxiii. (Arb.), 278. I maruell your Noblemen of England doe not desire to be better languaged in forraine languages.
1593. T. Mathews, Lett. to Burghley, 2 Aug., in Tytler, Hist. Scot. (1864), IV. 200. Well languaged in the French and Italian.
1605. B. Jonson, Volpone, II. ii. Great generall schollers,… The onely languag’d-men, of all the world!
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, I. lxxxvii. 135. Well uersed in the World, languaged and well read in men.
1628. Earle, Microcosm., Meere Dull Phisitian (Arb.), 25. He is indeed only languag’d in diseases, and speakes Greeke many times when he knows not.
1671. F. Philipps, Reg. Necess., 222. The six Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber should be well languaged.
b. Provided with or having a language. Chiefly with qualifying word prefixed: Characterized by the use of or expressed in (such or such) a language, or (many, etc.) languages.
1605. Verstegan, Dec. Intell., i. (1628), 5. This towre by these new languaged Masons thus left vnfinished.
1628. Bp. Hall, Old Relig., xii. § 2. 121. How doth hee tell vs that in a strange languaged prayer the vnderstanding is vnfruitfull.
1725. Pope, Odyss., III. 408. He … many languag’d nations has survey’d.
1798. Canning, New Morality, 46, in Anti-Jacobin, 9 July. The stream of verse and many-languaged prose.
1865. D’A. W. Thompson, Wayside Thoughts of an Asophophilosopher, I. 5. Were it not sweet to leave behind us the busy factory, the humming town, the many-languaged harbour…?
1870. Lowell, Among My Books, Ser. I. 151. That tree which Father Huc saw in Tartary, whose leaves were languaged.
1871. G. Macdonald, Sonnets concerning Jesus, v. How had we read, as in new-languaged books, Clear love of God.
2. With qualifying word prefixed: Having (good, etc.) speech, (well or fair) -spoken. ? Obs.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, VII. xxxvi. This syr Gareth was a noble knyghte and a wel rulyd and fayr langaged.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. ccxxxi. 316. These two sage and well languaged knightes.
1561. T. Hoby, trans. Castiglione’s Courtyer, Y y iv. To be well spoken and faire languaged.
1613–6. W. Browne, Brit. Past., II. 303. Well-languag’d Daniel.
1633. Heywood, Eng. Trav., III. Wks. 1874, IV. 43. Pray be more open languag’d.
1652. Kirkman, Clerio & Lozia, 44. Her gently languag’d mouth opened it self to disclose the dream to Vincia.
3. Expressed in language, worded. Also with qualifying word, as well.
1646. S. Bolton, Arraignm. Err., 236. Because an opinion comes languaged under the most receptible termes.
1691. Wood, Ath. Oxon., II. 169. His … well-languag’d Sermons speak him eminent in his generation.
