（〜の）縁・刃を持つ、縁取られた
解説 Definition
edged は edge の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞または複合語の一部として「特定の縁・刃を持つ」「〜で縁取られた」を表します。比喩的な鋭さは sharp-edged や hard-edged などの複合語で表すのが普通です。単独で「先鋭的な、エッジの効いた」と言う場合は通常 edgy を使います。
Edged is the past tense and past participle of edge and, as an adjective or combining form, means having a specified kind of edge or being bordered with something. Figurative sharpness normally appears in compounds such as sharp-edged or hard-edged; standalone edged does not mean the same as edgy.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
edge「縁・刃」に -d を付けた過去分詞形で、edged /edʒd/。単独より sharp-edged、hard-edged など複合語で使われ、「鋭い縁を持つ」から音・文体・デザインの強く明確な印象へ広がる。sharp-edged sound のように、何が鋭いのかを前半で示す形を覚える。
Connect edged directly to the noun edge, a border or cutting side. Because edge already ends in e, its past-participle form adds only -d: edged, pronounced /edʒd/ as one syllable. The literal image is an object supplied with a certain kind of edge. In figurative use, that edge becomes sharpness, force, or strong definition in music, writing, or design. This word is most natural in compounds: sharp-edged sound, hard-edged prose, or rough-edged humor. Let the first element tell you exactly what kind of “edge” the work or style has.
例文
The band has a sharp-edged sound.
そのバンドには鋭く力強いサウンドがあります。
The path was edged with white stones.
その小道は白い石で縁取られていました。
They displayed a collection of double-edged swords.
彼らは両刃の剣のコレクションを展示しました。
edged の類義語・関連語
edged の語源・成り立ち Etymology
edgedはedge「縁・刃」に-edが付いた形で、原義は「刃や鋭い縁を持つ」です。edgeは古英語ecg、さらに印欧祖語*ak-「尖る・刺す」にさかのぼるため、比喩的なedgedも“言葉や感覚に刃先の鋭さがある”という発想です。関連語はacute、acumenです。
Edged is formed from edge and the suffix -ed, originally meaning “provided with or having an edge.” Edge comes from Old English ecg, “a cutting edge, blade, or border,” and belongs to an ancient word group associated with sharpness. The literal sense survives in compounds describing the physical form of an object. From the cutting force and clear outline of an edge, English developed figurative uses for language, music, design, and attitudes that feel sharp, forceful, severe, or strongly defined.
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