talented English · revision 6201

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtæl.ən.tɪd/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[talent]] and the suffix [[-ed]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Middle English, naturally inclined or disposed to something: 1422 in the OED,^(OED 1989) early 15th century in Etymonline, of a predisposition to a vice.^(Etymonline) This sense is only in late Middle English.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The early sense goes with the 15th-century verb talent, “to predispose”, and talentive, “willing, eager” (late 14th century).^(Etymonline) In heraldry talented was a rare term for bezanty, decorated with coin-like disks (1486), from talent as a coin or weight.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Endowed with talent, gifted or accomplished, is from before 1633,^(OED 1989) the 1630s in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) and was established in the early 19th century.^(SOED 2002) Bartlett's ''Dictionary of Americanisms'' (1848) records that the word was then attacked in Britain: a London magazine of 1831 blamed Mr Stanley for it, Sir Robert Peel ascribed it to American associations, and the ''Edinburgh Review'' called it a pseudo-participle.^(Bartlett 1848)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1422 – disposed, inclined.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1486 – bezanty, in heraldry.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1633 – gifted.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1831 – criticized in a London magazine.^(Bartlett 1848)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having a natural [[aptitude]] or skill for something; [[gifted]].^(AHD 2000)^(COED 2004)^(LDOCE 2009)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nontalented]]

+ * [[untalented]]

+ * [[multitalented]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[talent]]

+ * [[gifted]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Bartlett quotes a Philadelphia newspaper that agreed the word was bad but said it was of London Cockney origin and more used in Britain than America.^(Bartlett 1848)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}