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单词 wordman
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wordmann.

Brit. /ˈwəːdmən/, /ˈwəːdman/, U.S. /ˈwərdmən/, /ˈwərdˌmæn/
Inflections: Plural wordmen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: word n., man n.1
Etymology: < word n. + man n.1 Compare slightly earlier wordmonger n.
A man who deals with or has command of words; a master of language.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fitting word > one having
wordman1610
wordsman1849
wordsmith1873
1610 T. Playfere Ten Serm. 133 He must not onely be a word-man, but also a work-man.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A great Word man, grandiloquus.
1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen 68 Men that..think themselves the most skilful wordmen or Logodædalists in the world.
a1721 M. Prior Charles & Clenard in Dialogues of Dead in Wks. (1907) II. 213 I will not shew my Anger against this Word-man.
1856 Melbourne Punch 10 Apr. 73/2 He is rather a deed man than a word man.
1879 Appleton's Jrnl. Jan. 49/2 A painter cannot by his art answer criticism which ignores his art: and the wordman is tempted to considerable outrecuidance toward the workman, as in this critique.
1934 Amer. Speech 9 77/2 The rest of the record is negative, the reigning wordmen having unanimously ignored the word.
1994 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 17 Apr. c11/1 The droll and skillful Garrison Keillor, one of the most gifted wordmen in the republic, took over the podium and the mood of the evening.

Derivatives

ˈwordmanship n. skill in the use of words.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fitting word > skill in use of words
command of language1781
wordmanship1882
wordsmanship1917
1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. Pref. p. xiii The great contemporary master of wordmanship, and indeed of all literary arts.
1955 Times 27 Sept. 9/4 Mr. Ivor Brown's wordmanship in his letter to The Times of September 23 I think is at fault in applying the dictionary of the ‘Anglo-Scottish’ usage of ‘pawky’ to cricket.
2003 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 4 What it offers is clear-eyed perceptions, some powerful ideas about people in power and elegant wordmanship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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