Tal"ent*ed, a. Furnished with talents;
possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. Abp. Abbot
(1663).
&fist; This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some
other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the
use of talent or talents to signify mental ability, although
at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and
talented, as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as
gifted, bigoted, moneyed, landed,
lilied, honeyed, and numerous other adjectives having a
participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.
Tal"ent*ed, a. Furnished with talents;
possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. Abp. Abbot
(1663).
&fist; This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some
other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the
use of talent or talents to signify mental ability, although
at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and
talented, as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as
gifted, bigoted, moneyed, landed,
lilied, honeyed, and numerous other adjectives having a
participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.
