to speak holiday: to use choice language, different from that of ordinary life. Cf. holiday English, holiday terms at compounds 1. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ230766 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] (29) to speak holidaya1616 to speak holiday: to use choice language, different from that of ordinary life. Cf. holiday English, holiday terms at compounds 1. Obsolete. flourish1700 intransitive. ‘To use florid language; to speak with ambitious copiousness and elegance’ (Johnson); to descant floridly on or upon. Also with away. picturesque1809 intransitive. To practise or pursue the picturesque. Also with it. Obsolete. elocutionizea1849 intransitive. To make use of florid or eloquent language. Subcategories:— Euphuize (2) — use rhetorical language (3) — use lofty or grandiloquent style (3) — be bombastic (of language) (9) — be laboured or pedantic (5) — play with words (2) — quote texts (1) |
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