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单词 rhetorial
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rhetorialadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /rəˈtɔriəl/
Forms: 1500s retoriall, 1800s– rhetorial.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rhetor n., -ial suffix; rhetory n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently either < rhetor n. + -ial suffix, or < rhetory n. + -al suffix1. Compare rhetorian adj., rhetorian n., rhetoriously adv.In modern use, often (perhaps usually) a typographical error for rhetorical.
rare.
Rhetorical.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective]
fairOE
facundc1381
rhetorian?c1400
facundious1430
rhetoricalc1450
elegantc1475
rhetorial1521
concinnate1548
humane1552
concinne1569
Attic1633
compt1633
concinnated1868
stylish1892
Atticistic1919
1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 2nd balade sig. s.iii O frutefull histore,..Enbawmed with doctrine of vertues infinite With termes exquised, and sence retoriall.
1835 H. Soames Anglo-Saxon Church 123 No considerable number of preachers and writers ever seek to correct a prevailing error, without supplying many rhetorial expressions, obviously favourable to misinterpretation in a subsequent age.
1941 Classical Weekly 34 231/2 Figures of speech vary in rhetorial intensity.
2001 M. McQuillan Deconstruction 39 This formulation does not in fact refer to real suffering..but is a rhetorial move in an argument designed to score points against another discourse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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