discoursiveadj.

Brit.

/dɪˈskɔːsɪv/, U.S.

/dɪˈskɔrsɪv/

Forms: 1500s–1600s discoursiue, 1500s– discoursive.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discourse v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < discourse v. + -ive suffix. Compare slightly later discursive adj. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

†1. Relating to, of the nature of, or characterized by reasoning or logical argument; logical; rational; reasoned. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective]

discoursive1588

debative1606

logistical1644

disputative1664

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective]

reasoningc1454

dianoetical1570

discoursing1571

discoursory1581

ratiocinative1585

discoursive1588

discursive1595

discoursative1604

discursory1614

logistic1638

logistical1644

discussive1645

rationative1650

dianoetic1677

reasoned1684

ratiocinatory1728

raisonné1777

1588 J. Harvey (title) Discoursiue Probleme concerning Prophesies.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 84 Hauing made thys amorous and discoursiue thought [It. amoroso & discursiuo cogitato] and swasiue præsuppose.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits v. 60 Vnderstood of the faculties or reasonable wits, which are discoursiue [It. discorsiui] and actiue.

1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour i, in Dramatic Wks. (1873) III. 109 The brute herd..though they want Discoursive soul, are less inhuman far than he.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. iv. 88 All such Actions..we know, without any great store of Discoursive inquiry, to attribute to their own proper causes.

1753 L. M. tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman I. 221 Fortune gives kingdoms, but art no more than discoursive knowledge and science.

1786 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. II. lxxxix. 109 Many and very principal authors have divided Philosophy into three parts, moral, natural and rational, or discoursive.

1811 J. P. Tupper Ess. on Probability of Sensation in Veg. 103 That very contemplation is an act in which the discoursive power is necessarily called forth.

1894 Biblical World 3 247 The subjective πίστις will become, by meditation, the object of his discoursive reason.

a. Of the nature of or characterized by discourse or dialogue; conversational; (sometimes) spec. characterized by frequent or excessive digression; digressive, rambling. In later use also: of or relating to discourse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective]

discoursive1590

interlocutory1597

colloquial1752

conversational1779

collocutory1797

1590 R. Harvey Theol. Disc. Lamb of God 97 His discoursiue accusation is in many mens hands, & I would to God the intended effect of the discourse were not in some mens harts.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. sig. B^v But thou art gone and leau'st me here alone, To dull the ayre with my discoursiue moane.

1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 17 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) You promised a further expression of your self by way of a Discoursive Letter what you thought of Copernicus opinion.

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 67 For the Epique way is every where interlac'd with Dialogue, or discoursive Scenes.

1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 111 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Editioning of all Ancient Authors, without any other long discoursive Comments, or long-winded Sententious-Notes.

1800 E. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. I. 61 Perhaps our language does not furnish us with any discoursive treatise more nearly resembling the excellent models which the ancients have left us.

1892 Academy 30 July 90/1 If he is occasionally too discoursive, readers will pardon a literary fault, in consideration of being brought into contact with such a genuine and simple mind.

1943 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 30 221 This meeting was an experiment in varying the program from the conventional three or four paper plan to a more generally discoursive type of section.

1982 Art Jrnl. 42 367/3 To put into discoursive language the self-portrait which Picasso created through his art.

2011 F. Kern in F. Kern & M. Selting Ethnic Styles of Speaking European Metrop. Areas 15 The young man shows high linguistic proficiency when switching expertly between different linguistic forms to carry out various discoursive and social tasks.

b. Disposed or ready to discourse or converse; talkative; communicative; (sometimes also) verbose, prolix.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Y When wine is moderately and temperately taken..it maketh men pleasant, discoursiue, and full of merry pastimes.

1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas i. i. sig. B3^v See how these vain discoursiue booke-men talke.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell v. 65 The one Discoursive and Sociable, the other Reserved and Thoughtfull.

1669 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 169 He found him a complaisant man, very free and discoursive.

1720 T. Gordon Humourist II. 184 The whole French Nation is with us in utter Contempt. We deal very much in Ridicule, and we apply this severe and impartial Test to all their discoursive Follies.

1868 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 25 Sept. 6/5 Mr. Sampson got rather too discoursive for his audience, and Mr. Newbert desired to be informed whether they were to be detained until twelve o'clock in hearing him talk.

1889 London Society June 567 Mr. Percival ought to be more grateful to this discoursive fellow-traveller than he is, as example encourages him to join in the conversation.

1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 July Reagan was more discoursive on his actions to prevent the supplying of the pipeline equipment to the Soviet Union.

2006 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Features section) 9 A great fan of the now tediously discoursive French detective novelist Emile Gaboriau.

†3. That passes from one thing to another. Cf. discursive adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [adjective]

discoursive1599

translative1661

transferential1889

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 33 His sight is not discoursiue by degrees, But seeing the whole, each single part doth see.

1614 C. Brooke in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. F6 Thou..In thy discoursiue thought, do'st range as farre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discoursive
释义	discoursiveadj. Brit. /dɪˈskɔːsɪv/, U.S. /dɪˈskɔrsɪv/ Forms: 1500s–1600s discoursiue, 1500s– discoursive. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discourse v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < discourse v. + -ive suffix. Compare slightly later discursive adj. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. †1. Relating to, of the nature of, or characterized by reasoning or logical argument; logical; rational; reasoned. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] discoursive1588 debative1606 logistical1644 disputative1664 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective] reasoningc1454 dianoetical1570 discoursing1571 discoursory1581 ratiocinative1585 discoursive1588 discursive1595 discoursative1604 discursory1614 logistic1638 logistical1644 discussive1645 rationative1650 dianoetic1677 reasoned1684 ratiocinatory1728 raisonné1777 1588 J. Harvey (title) Discoursiue Probleme concerning Prophesies. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 84 Hauing made thys amorous and discoursiue thought [It. amoroso & discursiuo cogitato] and swasiue præsuppose. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits v. 60 Vnderstood of the faculties or reasonable wits, which are discoursiue [It. discorsiui] and actiue. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour i, in Dramatic Wks. (1873) III. 109 The brute herd..though they want Discoursive soul, are less inhuman far than he. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. iv. 88 All such Actions..we know, without any great store of Discoursive inquiry, to attribute to their own proper causes. 1753 L. M. tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman I. 221 Fortune gives kingdoms, but art no more than discoursive knowledge and science. 1786 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. II. lxxxix. 109 Many and very principal authors have divided Philosophy into three parts, moral, natural and rational, or discoursive. 1811 J. P. Tupper Ess. on Probability of Sensation in Veg. 103 That very contemplation is an act in which the discoursive power is necessarily called forth. 1894 Biblical World 3 247 The subjective πίστις will become, by meditation, the object of his discoursive reason. 2. a. Of the nature of or characterized by discourse or dialogue; conversational; (sometimes) spec. characterized by frequent or excessive digression; digressive, rambling. In later use also: of or relating to discourse. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] discoursive1590 interlocutory1597 colloquial1752 conversational1779 collocutory1797 1590 R. Harvey Theol. Disc. Lamb of God 97 His discoursiue accusation is in many mens hands, & I would to God the intended effect of the discourse were not in some mens harts. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. sig. B^v But thou art gone and leau'st me here alone, To dull the ayre with my discoursiue moane. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 17 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) You promised a further expression of your self by way of a Discoursive Letter what you thought of Copernicus opinion. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 67 For the Epique way is every where interlac'd with Dialogue, or discoursive Scenes. 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 111 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Editioning of all Ancient Authors, without any other long discoursive Comments, or long-winded Sententious-Notes. 1800 E. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. I. 61 Perhaps our language does not furnish us with any discoursive treatise more nearly resembling the excellent models which the ancients have left us. 1892 Academy 30 July 90/1 If he is occasionally too discoursive, readers will pardon a literary fault, in consideration of being brought into contact with such a genuine and simple mind. 1943 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 30 221 This meeting was an experiment in varying the program from the conventional three or four paper plan to a more generally discoursive type of section. 1982 Art Jrnl. 42 367/3 To put into discoursive language the self-portrait which Picasso created through his art. 2011 F. Kern in F. Kern & M. Selting Ethnic Styles of Speaking European Metrop. Areas 15 The young man shows high linguistic proficiency when switching expertly between different linguistic forms to carry out various discoursive and social tasks. b. Disposed or ready to discourse or converse; talkative; communicative; (sometimes also) verbose, prolix. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Y When wine is moderately and temperately taken..it maketh men pleasant, discoursiue, and full of merry pastimes. 1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas i. i. sig. B3^v See how these vain discoursiue booke-men talke. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell v. 65 The one Discoursive and Sociable, the other Reserved and Thoughtfull. 1669 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 169 He found him a complaisant man, very free and discoursive. 1720 T. Gordon Humourist II. 184 The whole French Nation is with us in utter Contempt. We deal very much in Ridicule, and we apply this severe and impartial Test to all their discoursive Follies. 1868 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 25 Sept. 6/5 Mr. Sampson got rather too discoursive for his audience, and Mr. Newbert desired to be informed whether they were to be detained until twelve o'clock in hearing him talk. 1889 London Society June 567 Mr. Percival ought to be more grateful to this discoursive fellow-traveller than he is, as example encourages him to join in the conversation. 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 July Reagan was more discoursive on his actions to prevent the supplying of the pipeline equipment to the Soviet Union. 2006 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Features section) 9 A great fan of the now tediously discoursive French detective novelist Emile Gaboriau. †3. That passes from one thing to another. Cf. discursive adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] discoursive1599 translative1661 transferential1889 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 33 His sight is not discoursiue by degrees, But seeing the whole, each single part doth see. 1614 C. Brooke in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. F6 Thou..In thy discoursiue thought, do'st range as farre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1588
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