单词 | dulciloquent |
释义 | dulciloquentadj. Chiefly literary. Of a person: sweet-spoken. Hence also of an utterance, style, etc.: characterized by pleasing or mellifluous language. ΘΚΠ 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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