单词 | longiloquence |
释义 | longiloquencen. Now rare. The action or habit of speaking at great or excessive length; verbosity, long-windedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > speaking at great length or tedious lengthiness long-windedness1648 longiloquence1836 1836 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 11 Apr. (1874) I. iv. 114 The quantity they have to get through..makes longiloquence impossible. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. iii. 56 American longiloquence in oratory. 1887 Sat. Rev. 21 May 730 Longiloquence, if we may coin a new word for a very familiar thing, is neither their forte nor their foible. 1995 S. L. Kaplan Farewell Revol. i. i. 37 Thatcher openly expressed dissatisfaction not only with French history but with..Mitterand's wearisome longiloquence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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