Originally: †eloquent, that speaks skilfully (obsolete). Later: using or characterized by pleasing, proper, or courteous speech; that speaks in…
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| 释义 | the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > having pleasing speech or eloquent > pleasing (of speech) (8) well-spoken?a1400 Originally: †eloquent, that speaks skilfully (obsolete). Later: using or characterized by pleasing, proper, or courteous speech; that speaks in… sweetc1405 Pleasing (in general); yielding pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable, delightful, charming. (Only literary… Of song or discourse, and hence transferred… honeyc1450 Sweet, delightful; (of speech, etc.) mellifluous; = honeyed, adj. 2. mellifluous?a1475 figurative. Of speech, words, music, etc.: sweet, honeyed; pleasant-sounding, flowing, musical. mellifluate1508 Mellifluous; honeyed. well-spoken1539 Of speech: spoken truly, pleasingly, skilfully, or with propriety. mellifluent1601 = mellifluous, adj. suaviloquent1656 (in dictionaries) of sweet speech. |
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