Worded

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. To present ideas through selected language that reflects intended meaning; to craft statements in a manner that enhances understanding or impact; the method of organizing and deploying expressions to achieve a desired effect
2. To express concepts using carefully chosen language ; to frame thoughts in a way that communicates clarity or intention ; the technique of arranging words to enhance the conveyance of meaning
3. Communicated by using particular words or phrases chosen to convey a precise meaning

Etymology: The word "worded" is simply the past tense and past participle of "word", so its story is really the story of "word" itself. That noun comes from Old English "word", which goes back to a Proto-Germanic form meaning "word" that rests on an older root meaning "to say, speak." Its relatives are scattered widely: Dutch "woord", German "Wort", Swedish "ord", and Gothic "waurd" all descend from the same stock, showing how old this vocabulary of speech is across the Germanic languages. Among these cousins, the most surprising is the Latin "verbum", which also means "word" and is related to "verb", making "verb" and "word" a doublet, two English words from one ancestor that arrived by different routes. The same root produces the Sanskrit "vrata", meaning "command" or "law", suggesting that a spoken pronouncement was once closely tied to authority. The adjective and verb senses here rest on the same stock: "to word" means to choose and arrange words, and the past participle "worded" describes something phrased in a particular way, such as "carefully worded."

Synonyms: phrased, articulated, expressed

Antonyms: unworded, inarticulate