单词 | dulciloquy |
释义 | dulciloquyn. Chiefly literary. A sweet or pleasing manner of speaking; sweetness of speech. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > eloquence fairnessOE fair speakinga1387 well-sayingc1425 eloquencec1430 facundie1447 dog eloquence1542 eloquency1545 elocution1593 dulciloquy1623 suaviloquencea1649 suaviloquy1658 articulacy1915 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dulciloquie, sweet speaking. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 16 They only began to be sorry when she did end her speech,..then they did pennance to give audience to her dulciloquie. 1830 S. Maunder Treasury of Knowl. Dulciloquy, a soft manner of speaking. 1885 I. L. Vansant Roofless 47 Her accents..laid a spell of holy rest On all the passions of my breast, Hushed into sweet tranquillity By that divine dulciloquy. 1901 I. K. Friedman By Bread Alone xxxii. 371 Winslow started on his dulciloquy. With an autocratic..sweep of the hand, the general cut him short. 1961 R. Hodgson Coll. Poems 115 Shy dove-notes and dulciloquies And mutterings immusical. 1998 S. Byrne H, v., & O 135 Harrison's poetry..does not commend the tongues of fire of dulciloquy and poetic eloquence as capable of bringing redemption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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