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单词 wordy war
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wordy war
2. Expressed in or consisting of words; verbal. Now chiefly of a conflict, argument, etc., esp. in wordy war.In some instances sense 1b is also implied.
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1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. I4v Leauing them to his wordie discretion to be censured whether they be currant in inkehornisme or no.
1629 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (ed. 2) 129 His Intrusions on Gods Prerogatiues royall is rather in facts, then wordy profession.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. James ii. 14 Is not a meer wordy Profession an unprofitable thing to your selves..? Will..saying you believe, profit to Salvation, if you..live not according to the Gospel?
1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray i. i These Clergy Quarrels, These wordy Wars of proud ill-manner'd Schoolmen.
1741 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 7 He that talks much, must talk in vain; We from the wordy Torrent fly.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 463 All that wordy tempest for a girl.
1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxiii. 466 To mar The mirthful meeting with a wordy war.
1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 31 When the wordy storm Had ended.
1882 Cent. Mag. Dec. 273/2 On the publication of Worcester's dictionary..a wordy war arose which lasted for years.
1934 L. B. Lyon White Hare 50 After him came two high~brows playing a wordy ping-pong.
1949 D. Sinclair Secret Riders Farm vi. 61 ‘I think,’ said Grant rather quickly before any further wordy fisticuffs could ensue, ‘I think we had all better sleep on it.’
1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 18 Nov. 142 Johnson does admit that he started the wordy war.
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