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单词 rhetorian
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rhetoriann.adj.

Brit. /rᵻˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S. /rəˈtɔriən/
Forms: Middle English rethoren, Middle English rethorien, Middle English rethoryen, Middle English retoryan, 1500s–1600s 1800s– rhetorian.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French rethorien, retorien, rectorien.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman rethorien and Middle French retorien, also rectorien, noun and adjective (c1200 in Old French) < classical Latin rhētor rhetor n. + Old French -ien -ian suffix. Compare rhetoric n.2, rhetor n., rhetorician n.
rare after 16th cent.
A. n.
An expert in or teacher of rhetoric; a rhetorician. Cf. rhetor n.In quot. 1447 = rhetor n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] > one who uses rhetorical language
rhetorica1382
declamatora1387
rhetorc1390
rhetoriana1393
declaimer?a1475
rhetorician1561
rhetoricaster1591
rhetorculist1607
declaimanta1763
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1399 (MED) He [sc. Ulysses] was a gret rethorien, He was a gret magicien; Of Tullius the rethorique..he knew, [etc.].
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iii. l. 959 Þou rethorien or pronouncere [L. orator] of kynges preysinges, deseruedest glorie of wit and of eloquence.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 1403 (MED) If I hadde cunnyng..Als whilom dede the fyrsh rethoryens, Gowere, Chauncere, & now Lytgate, I wolde me besyn to translate Seynt anne lyf.
a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 29 (MED) He..sent out lettres..vn to alle rethoriens and gramariens.
1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 305 A Retoryan, rethor, rethoricus.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. vi. f. 18 v Wherefore Socrates thinketh Rhetorians are woorthy of no estimation, and that they should beare no rule in a wel framed common weale.
1857 E. Kirkpatrick Historically Received Conception of Univ. iii. 147 The eloquence of Cicero was due far more to the speculations of the Academy than to the instruction of professional rhetorians.
1971 Pacific Coast Philol. 6 24 A welcome shift of emphasis in the view of rhetorians and teachers.
B. adj.
Relating to or arising from the art of rhetoric. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
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
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. i. l. 760 Com nowe furþe þerfore þe suasioun of swetnesse Rethoryen [L. Rhetoricae].
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 63 (MED) Com forth now, swetnes rethorien, Wiþ sotilte of suasioun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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