单词 | oratorious |
释义 | † oratoriousadj. 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. DerivativesΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1563 |
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