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▪ I. † well-ˈspeaking, vbl. n. Obs. Eloquence; good delivery.
1557Cheke in Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ad fin., The roundnes of your saienges and welspeakinges of the saam. 1561Hoby Ibid. i. I j b, I am sure he would muche sooner haue desired wel doing in himself then wel speaking in an other. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. A iv, A man no less versed in the art of well-speaking then himself. 1694Locke Hum. Und. iii. vii. §2 marg., In them [sc. the connecting particles] consists the art of well speaking. ▪ II. † well-ˈspeaking, ppl. a. Obs. Eloquent. (See speaking ppl. a. 1 b.) |