单词 | oratiuncle |
释义 | † oratiunclen. Obsolete. rare. A short oration. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > short parciloquy1656 oratiuncle1832 speechling1880 speechlet1881 1832 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 393 In a short, plain, unvarnished oratiuncle, [he] told the company that the thing must be done. 1889 W. E. Gladstone Diary 7 Sept. (1994) XII. 230 We were received most kindly by M. Eiffel..& I was persuaded to go up the tower & propose his health in a French oratiuncle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1832 |
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