| 释义 |
wordman rare.|ˈwɜːdmən|
[f. word n. + man n.1]
A man who deals with or has command of words; a master of language. So ˈwordmanship, skill in the use of words.
1623Cockeram ii, A great Word man, grandiloquus. 1654J. Webster Acad. Exam. 68 Men that..think themselves the most skilful wordmen or Logodædalists in the world. a1721Prior Dial. betw. Charles & Clenard Wks. 1907 II. 213, I will not shew my Anger against this Word-man. 1882Stevenson Men & Bks. Pref. p. xiii, The great contemporary master of wordmanship, and indeed of all literary arts. |