well-penned, ppl. a.
Well written.
| 1598 Marston Sco. Villanie H 4, His huge long scraped stock Of well penn'd playes. 1603 J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosm. (Grosart) 81/2 A wel-pen'd Poem. 1622 Fletcher Beggars' Bush i. ii, He will not..lend Upon the assurance of a well-pen'd Letter. 1757 [see penned ppl. a.2 1]. 1821 Scott Kenilw. xxx, The stranger then, in a well-penned speech, announced herself as that famous Lady of the Lake. |