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Hyde Park|ˈhaɪd ˈpɑːk|
The name of a park in central London, of which a part (known as Speakers' Corner) is traditionally the scene of ‘soap-box’ oratory, used allusively (freq. attrib.) of the type of speaker, oratory, etc., found there. So Hyde ˈParkian a., having the quality (of voice) of a Hyde Park orator.
1892G. B. Shaw Let. 21 Apr. (1965) 337 Her voice has become much more powerful—quite Hyde Parkian in its pedal notes. 1897London Handbk. 143/1 They [sc. ‘contentious Jews’] pose as martyrs in the cause of liberty, and certainly any man well deserves such an honourable title who will listen unflinchingly to two hours of Hyde Park oratory. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival xii. 132 Love..was as incredible to her as..to a Hyde Park materialist. 1914‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels (ed. 2) xix. 186 This is a peculiarity of the Hyde Park orator. Set him on his legs, and in ten minutes he has wandered..from the point. 1934‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xvii. 245 He told Flory ‘not to start talking like a damned Hyde Park agitator’, and then read him a snappish little sermon. 1937Discovery Aug. 254/1 Each having something to say like so many Hyde Park orators. 1965C. Fremlin Jealous One xi. 85 Everyone..competing, like Hyde Park orators, for an audience for their particular problem. 1966Listener 24 Feb. 287/2 A few jibes against the Christian Church more reminiscent of Hyde Park oratory than of Voltaire and Gibbon. 1972‘E. Lathen’ The Longer the Thread xi. 106 A small Hyde Park seemed to have sprung up on the green. A whole medley of impassioned orators was in full voice. |