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单词 elocution
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elocutionn.

/ɛləˈkjuːʃən/
Forms: 1500s elocucion, elocusion, elocusyon, eloquution, 1500s– elocution.
Etymology: < Latin ēlocūtiōn-em, noun of action < ēloqui to speak out: compare eloquence n.Sense 1 is identical with the meaning of elocutio as used by Roman rhetoricians. Sense 4, which has been evolved from the etymology without regard to Latin usage, corresponds to what the Romans expressed by pronuntiatio.
1.
a. Oratorical or literary expression of thought; literary ‘style’ as distinguished from ‘matter’; the power or art of appropriate and effective expression. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun]
eloquence1382
elocution1509
gravity?1520
pith?1531
vigour1532
emphasy1548
energy?1549
emphasisa1555
pithiness1557
abruptness1591
emphaticalness1647
nervousness1727
cogency1750
forcibility1771
cogence1782
verve1803
forcefulness1825
force1842
snap1870
full-bloodedness1894
punch1901
compulsiveness1918
punchiness1938
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xi. i Elocusion with the powre of Mercury, The matir enorneth right well facundyously.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 4 Elocucion is an appliyng of apte wordes and sentences to the matter founde out to confirme the cause.
1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Pref. sig. A.iiii v Why should we think so basely of this? rather then of her sister, I meane Rhetoricall Eloquution.
1634 W. Habington Castara Author sig. A2v How unhappy soever I may be in the elocution, I am sure the Theame is worthy enough.
1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 167 A Person of good Learning and Elocution.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Elocution (with Rhetoricians) consists in apt expressing, and a beautiful order of placing of words.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xi. 188 Your..acquaintance with those forms of elocution in which it is expressed.
b. concrete. A mode of expression. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken
speechc897
saw9..
speech971
wordOE
quideOE
wordsOE
wordOE
thingOE
rouna1225
mouthc1225
queatha1250
breathc1300
reasonc1300
speakingsa1325
swarec1325
saying1340
voicec1350
lorea1375
sermonc1385
carpc1400
gear1415
utterancec1454
parol1474
ditty1483
say1571
said1578
dictumc1586
palabra1600
breathing1606
bringinga1616
elocution?1637
rumblea1680
elocutive1821
vocability1841
deliverance1845
deliverment1850
deliverancy1853
verbalization1858
voicing1888
sayable1937
?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique iii. vii. 163 Elocutions is made decent: 1. By speaking Feelingly..2. By speaking as becomes the Person of the Speaker [etc.]
2. Eloquence, oratory; concrete in plural harangues.
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
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > speeches
elocution1593
occasional1649
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 39 a How shall I arme myne elocution.
1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East ii. i. sig. E2v Sheele tire mee with Her tedious Elocutions.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 31 She began to be taken with his elocution [1641 (ed. 1) election].
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 241 To stirr the constancie..of any wise Man [is] above the genius of his Cleric elocution.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 283 When he speaks, what Elocution flows!
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 549 Both elocution and address in arms.
3. Oral utterance; way or manner of speaking. Now only with some notion of 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > utterance of vocal sound
soundinga1387
utterancec1456
prelationa1525
elocution1623
vocification?1632
articulation1677
voicing1822
vocalization1828
voicing1831
phonation1842
phonesis1856
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Elocution, vtterance.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 748 Whose taste..Gave elocution to the mute. View more context for this quotation
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxix. 272 He had a lively and easy elocution.
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. iii. 46 For this Mr. Tyrrel was indebted to a boisterous and overbearing elocution.
1795 E. Burke Let. in Wks. VII. 371 You have a natural, fluent, and unforced elocution.
1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 12 The clear and vigorous elocution of useless and senseless words.
4. The art of public speaking so far as it regards delivery, pronunciation, tones, and gestures; manner or style of oral delivery. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun]
speechc1000
saying1340
accenta1398
tonguec1460
diction1563
address1581
elocution1604
tone1687
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Elocution, good vtterance of speech.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Elocution, proper Speech, handsome utterance.
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iv. 70 True theatrical elocution.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 287 It..served to give zest and peculiarity to the style of elocution.
1864 Sat. Rev. 13 Dec. 819/1 The worst of the other system, that of boarding-schools and ‘elocution-masters’, is that, etc.

Derivatives

eloˈcutional adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adjective]
concionatory1634
concional1637
elocutive1661
concionary1681
eloquentiala1711
elocutory1817
orational1840
elocutionary1846
elocutional1933
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 220/3 Sentence-form being in the main elocutional, there may be sentences without locutional sentence-form.
eloˈcutionally adv.
ΚΠ
1932 A. H. Gardiner Theory of Speech & Lang. v. 322 No sentence can be really elocutionally formless, since utterance itself imposes a certain minimum of form.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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