spokenadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈspəʊk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈspoʊkən/

Etymology: Past participle of speak v.

As the second element in combinations, spoken is used in the sense of ‘speaking’ or ‘given to speaking’ in a specified way, as in blunt-, broad-, civil-, fine-, out-, plain-spoken, etc. Most of these date from the 17th cent. or later, but fair-spoken is found in 1460. Old Norse and Icelandic talaðr (past participle of tala to speak) is similarly used, even without a qualifying term.

1. With prepositions: That is or has been spoken about, of, to, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered > about, of, or to

mentionatec1525

mentioned1531

spoken1595

1595 Drake's Voy. (1849) 24 The..adventure she had been at in the glorious spoken-of jorney.

1865 A. Thomas On Guard II. xxi She may not only speak, but may think, with affection..of the spoken about.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. x. 207 The speaker and the spoken-to.

a. Of language, words, etc.: Uttered in speech; oral. Also, colloquial as distinguished from literary.

ΚΠ

1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 370 To enable us to appreciate the value of tones, whether they be the modulations of music, or the articulation of a spoken language.

1867 Trans. Philol. Soc. Suppl. 1 On Palaeotype, or the representation of spoken sounds..by means of the ancient types.

1885 Gladstone in Westm. Gaz. 8 June 4/2 Reminding me that spoken words may fulfil a purpose higher than we mostly dream of.

b. Expressed, declared, made known by speech or utterance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered

expressed1548

verbal1580

outspoken1652

prolative1691

enunciative1831

spoken1851

phatic1923

1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 168 We should like to have had some record of spoken feelings.

a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 204 There is a vast difference between the silent and the spoken protest.

c. elliptical. Words which are spoken (in place of being sung) in connection with a song or other musical performance; a part of this nature.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > lyrics > spoken instead of sung

spoken1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvi. 299 A comic song..with ‘Spoken’ in it.

1900 H. Lawson On Track 10 Thus warmed up, Pinter starts with an explanatory ‘spoken’ to the effect that the song he is about to sing illustrates some of the little ways of woman.

d. the spoken word, speech (as opposed to written language, etc.), esp. in the context of radio broadcasting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun]

speechc725

spellc888

tonguec897

spellingc1000

wordOE

mathelingOE

redec1275

sermonc1275

leeda1300

gale13..

speakc1300

speaking1303

ledenc1320

talea1325

parliamentc1325

winda1330

sermoningc1330

saying1340

melinga1375

talkingc1386

wordc1390

prolationa1393

carpinga1400

eloquencec1400

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reporturec1475

parleyc1490

locutionc1500

talk1539

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tonguec1550

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oration1555

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bursta1616

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loquency1623

voicinga1626

verbocination1653

loquence1677

pronunciation1686

loquel1694

jawinga1731

talkee-talkee?1740

vocification1743

talkation1781

voicing1822

utterancy1827

voicing1831

the spoken word1832

outness1851

verbalization1851

voice1855

outgiving1865

stringing1886

praxis1950

society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun]

radio1907

wireless1922

the spoken word1940

sound1949

steam radio1957

steam1959

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 257/1 Whether man can any longer be so interested by the spoken Word, as he often was in those primeval days.

1929 Radio Times 29 Nov. 432 Poetry..has its roots in the spoken word: the written word is only a means of saving poetry from the oblivion of time.

1940 R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality iii. 60 The ‘spoken word’ is the most contentious and most closely scrutinised part of the broadcast programme.

1944 Ann. Reg. 1943 62 Training..in understanding of the written and spoken word.

1961 Listener 28 Sept. 456/1 One criticism that has been made of spoken-word material in the Third is that it has sometimes been too esoteric.

1972 Listener 2 Nov. 574/2 It was the treatment of the spoken word that seemed to fox the early fathers of broadcasting.

Derivatives

ˈspokenness n. the fact or quality of having been spoken or uttered.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact or capability of being spoken

slippinga1340

spokenness1805

utterability1851

verbalizability1951

1805 Monthly Mag. 20 513 The idea of spokenness has been progressively detached from the word ‘language’.

1947 L. MacNeice Dark Tower 10 But when no character can be presented except through spoken words, whether in dialogue or soliloquy, that very spokenness makes this distinction between subjective and objective futile.

Draft additions April 2011

spoken word n. a form or genre of poetry intended to be performed to an audience; frequently attributive; cf. performance poetry n. at performance n. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1976 A. Ginsberg Let. May (2008) 385 He himself at the moment was interested in spoken word and did I have any more that I could send him on tape cassette.

1984 Los Angeles Times 16 Sept. (Calendar Mag.) 90/3 Black Flag's Henry Rollins will be on hand for a spoken-word poetry reading.

1993 Rolling Stone 18 Feb. 18/1 The burgeoning spoken-word circuit frequented by writers like Exene Cervenka, Hubert Selby Jr. and Don Bajema.

2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 77 I do some stuff, Spoken Word—that's all. I don't know if I be calling myself a street poet, exactly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spoken
释义	spokenadj.¹ Brit. /ˈspəʊk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈspoʊkən/ Etymology: Past participle of speak v. As the second element in combinations, spoken is used in the sense of ‘speaking’ or ‘given to speaking’ in a specified way, as in blunt-, broad-, civil-, fine-, out-, plain-spoken, etc. Most of these date from the 17th cent. or later, but fair-spoken is found in 1460. Old Norse and Icelandic talaðr (past participle of tala to speak) is similarly used, even without a qualifying term. 1. With prepositions: That is or has been spoken about, of, to, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered > about, of, or to mentionatec1525 mentioned1531 spoken1595 1595 Drake's Voy. (1849) 24 The..adventure she had been at in the glorious spoken-of jorney. 1865 A. Thomas On Guard II. xxi She may not only speak, but may think, with affection..of the spoken about. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. x. 207 The speaker and the spoken-to. 2. a. Of language, words, etc.: Uttered in speech; oral. Also, colloquial as distinguished from literary. ΚΠ 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 370 To enable us to appreciate the value of tones, whether they be the modulations of music, or the articulation of a spoken language. 1867 Trans. Philol. Soc. Suppl. 1 On Palaeotype, or the representation of spoken sounds..by means of the ancient types. 1885 Gladstone in Westm. Gaz. 8 June 4/2 Reminding me that spoken words may fulfil a purpose higher than we mostly dream of. b. Expressed, declared, made known by speech or utterance. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered expressed1548 verbal1580 outspoken1652 prolative1691 enunciative1831 spoken1851 phatic1923 1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 168 We should like to have had some record of spoken feelings. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 204 There is a vast difference between the silent and the spoken protest. c. elliptical. Words which are spoken (in place of being sung) in connection with a song or other musical performance; a part of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > lyrics > spoken instead of sung spoken1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvi. 299 A comic song..with ‘Spoken’ in it. 1900 H. Lawson On Track 10 Thus warmed up, Pinter starts with an explanatory ‘spoken’ to the effect that the song he is about to sing illustrates some of the little ways of woman. d. the spoken word, speech (as opposed to written language, etc.), esp. in the context of radio broadcasting. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] speechc725 spellc888 tonguec897 spellingc1000 wordOE mathelingOE redec1275 sermonc1275 leeda1300 gale13.. speakc1300 speaking1303 ledenc1320 talea1325 parliamentc1325 winda1330 sermoningc1330 saying1340 melinga1375 talkingc1386 wordc1390 prolationa1393 carpinga1400 eloquencec1400 utteringc1400 language?c1450 reporturec1475 parleyc1490 locutionc1500 talk1539 discourse1545 report1548 tonguec1550 deliverance1553 oration1555 delivery1577 parling1582 parle1584 conveying1586 passage1598 perlocution1599 wording1604 bursta1616 ventilation1615 loquency1623 voicinga1626 verbocination1653 loquence1677 pronunciation1686 loquel1694 jawinga1731 talkee-talkee?1740 vocification1743 talkation1781 voicing1822 utterancy1827 voicing1831 the spoken word1832 outness1851 verbalization1851 voice1855 outgiving1865 stringing1886 praxis1950 society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] radio1907 wireless1922 the spoken word1940 sound1949 steam radio1957 steam1959 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 257/1 Whether man can any longer be so interested by the spoken Word, as he often was in those primeval days. 1929 Radio Times 29 Nov. 432 Poetry..has its roots in the spoken word: the written word is only a means of saving poetry from the oblivion of time. 1940 R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality iii. 60 The ‘spoken word’ is the most contentious and most closely scrutinised part of the broadcast programme. 1944 Ann. Reg. 1943 62 Training..in understanding of the written and spoken word. 1961 Listener 28 Sept. 456/1 One criticism that has been made of spoken-word material in the Third is that it has sometimes been too esoteric. 1972 Listener 2 Nov. 574/2 It was the treatment of the spoken word that seemed to fox the early fathers of broadcasting. Derivatives ˈspokenness n. the fact or quality of having been spoken or uttered. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact or capability of being spoken slippinga1340 spokenness1805 utterability1851 verbalizability1951 1805 Monthly Mag. 20 513 The idea of spokenness has been progressively detached from the word ‘language’. 1947 L. MacNeice Dark Tower 10 But when no character can be presented except through spoken words, whether in dialogue or soliloquy, that very spokenness makes this distinction between subjective and objective futile. Draft additions April 2011 spoken word n. a form or genre of poetry intended to be performed to an audience; frequently attributive; cf. performance poetry n. at performance n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1976 A. Ginsberg Let. May (2008) 385 He himself at the moment was interested in spoken word and did I have any more that I could send him on tape cassette. 1984 Los Angeles Times 16 Sept. (Calendar Mag.) 90/3 Black Flag's Henry Rollins will be on hand for a spoken-word poetry reading. 1993 Rolling Stone 18 Feb. 18/1 The burgeoning spoken-word circuit frequented by writers like Exene Cervenka, Hubert Selby Jr. and Don Bajema. 2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 77 I do some stuff, Spoken Word—that's all. I don't know if I be calling myself a street poet, exactly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spokenadj.² Etymology: < spoke n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspoken. rare. Pertaining to or connected with a spoke or spokes (see quot. 1790). ΚΠ 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 443 Spoken chain, an appendage of a waggon, peculiar to this district: a long strong chain, to be fixed to the spoke of the wheel, when the team is ‘stalled’ or set fast in a slough. 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