noted, ppl. a.
(ˈnəʊtɪd)
[f. note v.2+ -ed1.]
1. That is specially noticed, observed, or marked; hence, distinguished, celebrated, famous. a. In predicative use.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1651 So was noted þe note of nabugo-de-nozar [etc.]. 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vi, Throughout the worlde noted ouer all, In euery land spoke of in special. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxvii. 5 He [= high] nottit is thy name of nobilnes. 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 2 In times past [they] haue in al outwarde partes bene noted to haue had the most substanciall coloured wollen clothes. 1581 Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 150 There be three kindes of gouernment most noted among all writers. 1607 Fletcher Wom. Hater ii. i, We shall find out the truth more easilie, Some other way lesse noted. 1653 Walton Angler iv. 94 There be also of lob-worms, some called squirel-tails,..which are noted to be the best. |
b. Const. for something.
| 1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 14 He was a franticke foole,..And to be noted for a merry man; Hee'll wooe a thousand. c 1622 Fletcher Prophetess i. iii, She is a holy Druid, A woman noted for that faith [etc.]. 1669 Pepys Diary 10 May, Creed..tells me he hears how fine my horses and coach are, and advises me to avoid being noted for it. 1709 Tatler No. 75 ¶5 The Butler, who was noted for round Shoulders, and a Roman nose. 1789 Burns The Whistle x, The board of Glenriddel.., So noted for drowning of sorrow and care. 1874 Green Short Hist. iii. §7. 148 He was noted for his scant indulgence in meat, drink, or sleep. |
c. In attributive use.
The superl. notedst is not uncommon in the 17th c.
| 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. ii. 202, I haue Cases of Buckram for the nonce, to immaske our noted outward garments. 1623 Cockeram i. s.v. Clymactericall, The most dangerous and notedst climactericall yeere. 1662 Stillingfl. Orig. Sacræ iii. ii. §17 To run through the noted Phænomena of the Universe. 1736 Pope Let. to Swift 25 Mar., He is the most noted, and most deserving man, in the whole profession of Chirurgery. 1822 Scott Nigel xviii, Old Trapbois, the noted usurer of Whitefriars. 1828 ― F.M. Perth iv, He was far too noted a person to venture to go entirely unarmed. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 605 That evening Clarendon, and several other noted Jacobites, were lodged in the Tower. |
2. Provided with a musical score; having musical notation.
| 1849 Rock Ch. of Fathers II. 202 The Antiphoner—from the noted and illuminated leaves of which they were chanting. 1881 Bradshaw in Cox & Hope Chron. All Saints, Derby App. 231 One or more of the Antiphonaria were..noted Breviaries, containing the whole Breviary Service, only with musical notation to the choral parts. |
Hence ˈnotedness. rare—1.
| 1661 Boyle Style of Script. 186 Supposing..that the Prophane Aspirer should be so Lucky..as to attain the so Criminally courted Notednesse. |