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† oraˈtorious, a. Obs.
[f. L. ōrātōri-us of or belonging to an orator + -ous.]
Of or pertaining to an orator; of the nature of oratory; oratorical.
1563[implied in oratoriously]. 1607R. Crakanthorp Serm. (1608) 35 Pietie, zeale, and godlinesse, which are the most oratorious and perswading reasons with Almightie God. 1656Artif. Handsom. 29 What Error is so rotten and putrid, which some Oratorious varnish hath not sought to colour over? 1689Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 310 Gentlemen and scholars bring their essays, poems, and other oratorious productions upon a thousand curious subjects.
Hence † oraˈtoriously adv., after the manner of an orator; rhetorically; eloquently. Obs.
1563Foxe A. & M. 1188/1 Addinge oratoriously Amplifications, to moue the said Bradford to yelde. 1597Broughton Ep. to Nobility Wks. III. 573 Moses saith..Saint Peter translateth him most oratoriously. 1656Artif. Handsom. 115 Nor do they..oppose things of this nature argumentatively, so much as Oratoriously. |