| 释义 |
† ˈplateasm Obs.
[ad. Gr. πλατειασµ-ός (Quintil.) a broad Doric pronunciation, f. πλατειάζειν to pronounce broadly, f. πλατεῖα, fem. of πλατύς broad.]
(See quots.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Plateasm, a fault in speech, when it is over-broad and full. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Plateasm, (Greek) a broad speaking, a pronouncing words in an over⁓broad tone. 1727Art of Speaking in Publick 62 Persons..affected with another vice, which the Greek Rhetoricians call Plateasm: That is to say; a Broad way of Speaking, with the mouth wide open. [1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Platiasmos, a word used by many authors to express a fault in pronunciation, owing to a person's opening his mouth too wide, and thence speaking indistinctly.] |