单词 | fair-speaking |
释义 | fair-speakingadj. Now somewhat archaic and rare. That speaks pleasantly; eloquent. Also: that flatters or deceives. 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 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xiii. 309 In a goode..wif nediþ..þat sche be..faire spekinge [L. affabilis] and goodlich to here meyne. 1596 M. Drayton Tragicall Legend Robert Duke of Normandy sig. M8v Faire speaking flattry, subtill soothing guile, Ah how in thee our sorrows sweetly smile. 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 517 To grapple with our fair-speaking adversaries. 1662 tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Most Excellent & Pathetical Oration 143 Some sophisticall cheat to..wrap up the truth by the force of a fair speaking tongue. 1755 M. Masters Familiar Lett. & Poems 198 Fair-speaking Hope, that ever-welcome Guest. 1799 J. W. Newman Lounger's Common-place Bk. IV. 146/1 My readers may probably wish to know how this fair-speaking man would proceed. 1852 Ladies' Compan. Mar. 127/1 I wished not only to get my accounts paid, but to try the truth of my professing friends, and your fair-speaking lovers. 1899 Amer. Fried 7 Sept. 847/2 The Sienese..are proclaimed as courteous, hospitable, fair-speaking..and easy to be entreated. 1911 Trade 28 June 4/3 A fair-speaking trade paper publisher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasfair-speaking b. As the second element of various combinations, as evil-speaking, fair-speaking, great-speaking, public-speaking, true-speaking. †Also absol. ΚΠ c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xliii. 18 Fram þe voice of þe reproceand and þe oȝains spekand. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1268 A knyght..That worthy was and wel spekyng. 1388 J. Wyclif Psalms xi. 4 The Lorde destrie..the greet spekynge tunge. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 211 That he bene corteyse, wel Spekynge, and eloquente. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 256 The opinion of any one true speaking man. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Pendu A smooth, glib, eloquent, or well speaking tongue. 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 517 To grapple with our fair~speaking adversaries. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. iii. 350 The public-speaking woman at the Palais Royal. < adj.a1398 as lemmas |
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