单词 | rhetorian |
释义 | rhetoriann.adj. 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. 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). < n.adj.a1393 |
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