ESTEEM, ESTEEMED
ADJECTIVES
1225 — DEARWORTH — DERWORTH of persons: dearly esteemed, worthy of being loved, dear, beloved
1300 — DEARWORTHY — DERWORTHY of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved → obs.
1533 — WELL-THOUGHT-ON greatly admired or respected; well-esteemed → arch.
1630 — SUPER-ILLUSTRIOUS highly esteemed or exalted
1885 — ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly → US sl.
..L19 — ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly → US sl.
..20C — ACES esteemed, well respected , favoured → US sl.
..20C — ACES UP esteemed, well respected , favoured → US sl.
1903 — ACE high in esteem → Amer. sl.
1958 — BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value → Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
NOUNS
1225 — DAINTY estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love → obs.
1225 — PRICE an expression of commendation, esteem, or honour; praise → obs.
1840 — ACE the best one; a thing which is held in high esteem; something of merit → Amer. sl.
1869 — EYE-SERVICE respect or esteem shown through admiring looks → obs.
1900 — FECK esteem, affection → Sc. (Bk.)
1929 — VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect → Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
1638 — VALUER one who esteems
.M19 — ACE a person held in high esteem → sl., orig. US
1891 — CULCH a person held in low esteem → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1480 — PRICE to value or esteem highly → orig. Sc., obs.
1613 — PERHIBIT to esteem or repute; to hold to be → obs.
1623 — MAGNIPEND to hold something in very high esteem → obs.
1856 — THINK MICKLE OF to esteem, to think well of → Sc.
..L19 — STAND ACE (WITH) to be held in the highest esteem with someone → US sl.
..20C — RATE to be highly esteemed → Amer. sl.
1966 — HURT to hold oneself in high esteem → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1990 — ACE to hold in high esteem → US sl.
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