单词 | rhetorism |
释义 | rhetorismn. Rhetorical speech or language; (also) a rhetorical figure or flourish. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] rhetoricc1330 pronunciation?a1439 rhetory?a1500 well-speaking1511 oratorya1522 rhetorism1569 declaiming1577 pronouncec1600 acroama1603 eloquence1623 rhetoricalness1670 hypocritic1776 union1834 Speakership1887 oracy1965 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xxi. (heading) Of Rhetorisme, or of the Rhetoricall Daunsinge [L. De Rhetorismo]. 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. E6v As freezing fittes, preceede hoate burning fevors, So conscience feeles, a shaking paroxisme, In vaine doth reason, fight with Rhetorisme. 1661 T. Wilson Compl. Christian Dict. 225/1 Any Rhetorisme, (for all Rhetorick consisteth of figures) by Synechdoche Partis or Specici, is called a Figure, because Metaphors and Allegories are the most usual Figures. 1892 E. Blum & S. B. Alexander Who Lies? v. 107 We see prevailing in all creations of realistic authors a demand for truth, purity, chastity, self-knowledge and justice, sometimes even in a too obtrusive rhetorism. 1990 P. J. Tomson Paul & Jewish Law iii. 128 The μὴ... ἤ..; here (as in v8) is a sarcastic rhetorism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569 |
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