well-fared

Updated: August 27, 2026

"Then the father of him must have been a well-fared and pretty man," said John, very promptly, not a bit abashed by the homeliness of the youth, who was the plainest of the nock, with a freckled skin, a low hang-dog brow, and a nose like the point of a dirk. "He was that," said the woman, fondly "the finest man in the parish. He had a little lameness, but "

Neil Munro - John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn