prestiged

Adjective

prestiged (comparative more prestiged, superlative most prestiged)

1. Of high prestige.
   • But, as if a curse attended all the enemies of the prestiged Napoleon, Kaminskoy was deranged in his intellects, and a few weeks after he betrayed such symptons^([sic]) of downright madness, that he was removed from the command which was then intrusted to the brave and skilful Beningsen—the hero of...1836, Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By M. de Bourrienne, His Private Secretary. To Which Are Now First Added, an Account of the Important Events of the Hundred Days, of Napoleon’s Surrender to the...
   • When years roll on; when waning loves be by, / Or lonely moments foil thy prestiged bliss, / Then take thee comfort from that minstrelsy, / Which left an impress on a page like this!1857, Charles Hancock, “God Ever Bless Thee! Through Life’s Varying Scene.”, in Gaieties and Gravities for Holy Days and Holidays, London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 25

   Synonyms:

   prestigious

2. (in-compounds) Of prestige.
   • […] the pride of the Gazelle Magazine, on whose flaunting cover his name figured at the head of all contributors—[…] this high-prestiged Pierre—[…]1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XVIII. Pierre, as a Juvenile Author, Reconsidered.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section II, page 359
   • But regardless of what happens to them subsequently, there still remain some self-styled martyrs in the prison who refuse working on certain low-prestiged and non-remunerative jobs.1973, The Journal of Correctional Work, page 81