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▪ I. † ˈfacund, n. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 facound(e, facund(e, 5 faciund, faconde.
[ad. F. faconde, semi-popular ad. L. fācundia, f. fācundus (see next).]
Eloquence.
a1340Hampole Psalter xi. 4 Þaire facunde & þaire skilles ere of þaim self. 1393Gower Conf. III. 85 Rhetorique, whose facounde Above all other is eloquent. c1400Destr. Troy 3748 He was..of faciund full faire, fre of his speche. c1440Secrees (E.E.T.S.) 127 Þe chastite of daniel, þe ffaconde of ysae. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 346/4 The..moste plentyuous wysedome of facunde and spekyng.
▪ II. facund, a. arch.|ˈfækʌnd, fəˈkɜːnd|
Forms: 4–5 facond(e, 4–6 facound(e, 6 facunde, 6– facund.
[ME. faconde, facounde, ad. OF. facond, ad. L. fācundus eloquent, f. fāri to speak.]
1. Eloquent; also fig., said of beauty, etc.
c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 521 With facound voys seyde, ‘Holde your tonges there’. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 230/1 Martha was ryght facounde of speche. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. iv. 43 [They] were endued with facounde pulcrytude. 1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 710 Ȝour facunde wordis fair. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 27 Poets and excellent musicions whose braines being not moysted with the iuyce of Bacchus..be nothinge plenty nor facund. 1610Chester's Tri. Joy's Speech 89 The powerfull tongue of facund Mercury. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1859I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 179 The learned and the facund Jerome..is our authority.
†2. Inspiring or promoting eloquence. Obs.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. xl, The facund well and hill of Helicon. |