ppl. a. In comb. with a prep. or adv., as of, on, upon, out.
1579. Googe, Lopez de Mendoza’s Prov., Ep. Ded. This gentleman … deserueth of all men to be welthought of.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, V. (1922), 173. Philanax.. beganne a well thought on discourse.
1611. Cotgr., Bienvoulu, well beloued, well thought of.
1648–58. Hexham, II. Wel-bedacht, Well-advised, or Well-thought upon.
1865. trans. Erckmann-Chatrian’s Waterloo, ii. 10. I had rather remain poor and hardworking, than become rich and well-thought-of in this manner.
1901. E. Phillpotts, Striking Hours, 250. You’m gwaine to blacken your awn name, an’ that of a well-thought-on fam’ly.
1902. J. Chamberlain, in Scotsman, 13 Jan., 7/7. Well-thought-out plans.
Hence Well-thought-of-ness.
1872. [see WELL-SPOKEN 3].
