| 单词 | orator mum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorator Mum orator Mum n. [apparently originally a nickname given to John Philpot Curran (1750–1817), Irish lawyer, politician, and judge, with reference to his first appearance in court, when his nervousness apparently rendered him initially unable to speak; a character of this name appears in J. O'Keeffe's opera The Son-in-Law (1783: see quot. 1783), but it is unclear whether Curran was so-called after the character, or vice versa] now rare (a name given to) a person who cannot or will not speak. ΚΠ 1783 J. O'Keeffe Son-in-Law i. iv. 25 My dear it proceeds from a confounded blunder of orator Mum's.] 1785 J. Cobb Hurly-Burly 10 The Magician Nordin has..presented it to his son, your rival, Mr. Orator Mum... The tongue of this his fav'rite offspring is spell bound.—No one can free it but Hymen. 1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 177 These silent members are..denominated orator mums. 1894 T. D. English Select Poems 446 He twiddled his thumbs, With an eloquence silent as Orator Mum's. 1997 Canad. Business (Nexis) Nov. (Canad. Speeches) v. His [sc. J. P. Curran's] repeated failures at the London debating society procured for him the title of Orator Mum. < as lemmas |
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