ppl. a. [f. WORD sb. or v. + -ED.]
1. Formed into words; expressed in or put into words. rare.
1606. Chapman, Gentl. Usher, IV. i. 69. Away with this vnmedicinable balme Of worded breath.
1869. Ruskin, Q. of Air, i. § 42. Capable of interpretation only by the majesty of ordered, beautiful, and worded sound.
1880. ‘Mark Twain,’ Tramp Abr., l. 516. No worded description of a moving spectacle is a hundredth part as moving as the same spectacle seen with one’s own eyes.
b. Qualified by an adv.: Expressed in a particular kind of language or form of words; phrased in such-and-such a manner.
1848. W. K. Kelly, trans. L. Blanc’s Hist. Ten Y., II. 210. A cautiously worded, but firm answer.
1871. Miss Braddon, Lovels, i. Every occasion brought … the same coldly worded letter.
1899. Mackail, W. Morris, II. 270. His latest and most carefully-worded confession of faith.
2. Full of words: a. involving the use of many words, wordy; b. having a good stock of words at command. nonce-uses.
1638. Wilkins, New World, vi. 81. He was much opposed by Aristotle in some worded disputations, but never confuted by any solid reason.
1734. J. Richardson, Milton’s P. L., p. lxxxiii. A Man of Learning indeed, and a Great Etymologist, but a Meer Scholar…. Morus was also a Worded Man; and he was a Celebrated Preacher.
