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单词 dulciloquent
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dulciloquentadj.

Brit. /dʌlˈsɪləkwənt/, U.S. /ˌdəlˈsɪləkwənt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin dulcis , -loquent comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin dulcis sweet (see dulce adj.) + -loquent comb. form, after classical Latin dulciloquus (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius). Compare earlier dulciloquy n.
Chiefly literary.
Of a person: sweet-spoken. Hence also of an utterance, style, etc.: characterized by pleasing or mellifluous language.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > having pleasing speech or eloquent
well-speakingOE
renablec1300
fair-speakinga1398
well-tonguedc1480
honey-mouthed1539
golden-mouthed1542
sweet-mouthed1542
fine-mouthed?1549
silver-tongued1592
silver1594
gold-mouthed1595
honey-tongued1595
nectar-tongued1596
tongue-gilt1608
feather-tongueda1618
chrysostomatical1623
dulciloquent1656
sweet-spoken1716
sweet-lipped1783
chrysostomic1816
smooth-spoken1821
superfluent1822
honey-lipped1833
nice spoken1852
articulate1892
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dulciloquent (dulciloquus), that speaks sweetly.
1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 248 Most dulciloquent and incomparable Miss Camilla.
1878 Oracle Mar. 22 The dulciloquent versatility of the Greek intonation was inimitable by the magniloquent Romans.
1886 Chronicle (Univ. Michigan) 17 Apr. 226/1 Long, long ago dulciloquent Lalage Set thy last rippling numbers to melody.
1933 Amer. Speech 8 59/1 An accurate transcript from speech as it is spoken by those who learnt their English from dulciloquent parents.
1996 Bryn Mawr Classical Rev. (Electronic text) No. 96.9.1 The exposition of Augustine's thought is dulciloquent to a rare degree. Even so, the reader..must learn an almost ascetic discipline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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