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单词 fluency
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fluencyn.

Brit. /ˈfluːənsi/, U.S. /ˈfluənsi/
Etymology: < Latin fluentia: see fluence n.1 and -ency suffix.
The quality or state of flowing or being fluent.
1. Affluence, copiousness, abundance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun]
speedOE
fulsomenesslOE
wonea1300
fulsomeheada1325
cheapc1325
largitya1382
plenteousnessa1382
plenteoustea1382
plentya1382
abundancec1384
affluencec1390
largenessc1400
uberty?a1412
aboundingc1425
fullness1440
copiousness1447
rifenessc1450
copy1484
abundancy?1526
copiosity1543
plentifulness1555
ampleness1566
umberty?1578
acquire1592
amplitude1605
plentitude1609
plenitude1614
fertility1615
profluence1623
fluency1624
flushness1662
rowtha1689
sonsea1689
affluentness1727
raff1801
richness1814
a.
1624 P. Massinger Bond-man ii. iii. sig. E4 Thou, Gracculo, Hast fluencie of Language.
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xii. 16 in Paraphr. Divine Poems Those who grow old in fluency and ease.
1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 20 Fluency in teares.
1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James in Wks. (1673) 511 The Indies themselves would in time want fluency to feed so immense a prodigality.
1726 Bradley Gardening App. 23 This last operation [graffing] may be done when the sap is in its highest Fluencies.
2. (a) A smooth and easy flow; readiness, smoothness; esp. with regard to speech. (b) Absence of rigidity; ease.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fluency
profluence1568
flowing1584
slidingnessa1586
currentness1586
smoothness1589
facility1598
fluidity1603
fluency1636
profluencya1683
volubleness1727
torrentfulness1873
sonority1876
unrestraint1885
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > ease
fluency1636
1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence v. ii. sig. K3 You are pleas'd to shew Sir The fluencie of your language.
1733 J. Swift Thoughts on Var. Subj. in J. Swift et al. Misc. I. 301 The common Fluency of Speech in many Men.
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. v. 34 I had learned..to write with some fluency.
1852 Ld. Cockburn Life Jeffrey I. 363 All his fluency of thought.
1878 J. W. Ebsworth in Braithwait's Strappado Introd. 27 The genuine sweetness and musical fluency of his best lyrics.
3. Readiness of utterance, flow of words.
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the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > quality of being skilled in use of a language
languagea1393
fluencya1684
linguism1819
glossolalia1879
Sprachgefühl1902
xenoglossy1914
xenoglossia1978
xenolalia1978
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] > skill in
rhetorica1450
fluence1607
fluency1814
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 138 Dr. Collins so celebrated for his fluency in the Latine Tongue.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 89 He had indulged his satirical fluency on the Scientific Collectors.
1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1854) 293/1 The fluency and the personal advantages of the young orator.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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