单词 | true-tongued |
释义 | > as lemmastrue-tongued Also in numerous parasynthetic combinations, as double-tongued, true-tongued, etc., for which see the first element.extracted from tonguedadj.true-tongued ΚΠ a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 927 Of eloquence was neuer found So swete a sownyng facound Ne trewer tongyd. ?1553 H. Dekyn tr. Herman V of Wied Brefe Declar. Dewty Maried Folkes sig. A.vv A wyfe oughte to be..true tonged and of fewe wordes. 1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 622 I that hitherto haue tried you so false conceited in euery thing, will not trust you to be true-tonged in this. 1858 Frank Leslie's New Family Mag. Nov. 418/1 The true-tongued lecturer took up the great moralist's life as a shining light of humanity. 1903 T. MacDonagh Through Ivory Gate 103 The spirits of the true-tongued seers. < as lemmas |
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