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单词 oratorious
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oratoriousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ōrātōrius , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātōrius oratory adj. + -ous suffix.
Obsolete.
Of or relating to an orator or oratory; oratorical.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adjective] > of or relating to a speaker
oratoryc1454
oratorial1546
oratorious1563
oratorical1589
oratorian1611
oratoric1656
1563 [see oratoriously adv. at Derivatives].
1584 B. Rich Don Simonides II. 31 Although my tale bee more blunt then these Oratorious Deuines, yet it might please you to gather of my conclusions.
1608 R. Crakanthorpe Serm. Sanctific. 35 Pietie, zeale, and godlinesse, which are the most oratorious and perswading reasons with almightie God.
1689 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 310 Gentlemen and scholars bring their essays, poems, and other oratorious productions upon a thousand curious subjects.

Derivatives

oratoriously adv. Obsolete in the manner of an orator; rhetorically; eloquently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adverb] > in the manner of an orator
oratorlyc1550
oratorially1556
oratoriously1563
oratorically1682
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1188/1 Addinge oratoriously Amplifications, to moue the said Bradford to yelde.
1597 H. Broughton Epist. Learned Nobility 50 Moses sayth... Saint Peter translateth him most oratoriously.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 115 Nor do they..oppose things of this nature argumentatively, so much as Oratoriously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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