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单词 eloquence
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eloquencen.

/ˈɛləkwəns/
Forms: Middle English eloquens, elloquence, Middle English– eloquence.
Etymology: < French éloquence, < Latin ēloquentia , < ēloquent-em eloquent adj.
1.
a. The action, practice, or art of expressing thought with fluency, force, and appropriateness, so as to appeal to the reason or move the feelings. Also concrete eloquent language.Primarily of oral utterance, and hence applied to writing that has the characteristics of good oratory. In modern use the notion of impassioned utterance is more prominent than in the early examples.
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
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > vigorous language
eloquence1709
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Cor. Prol. Summe [were overturned] of wordy eloquence of philosofie.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. xxi. 71 Wise men..by deceyuable eloquence and takyng of money deceyueth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 83 And naught esteemes my aged eloquence . View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A5 Those Celebrated Ladies..by their..Eloquence..taught their Children to Sway those Rulers of the World.
1709 Tatler No. 70. ⁋2 Eloquence, set off with the proper Ornaments of Voice and Gesture.
1840 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. v. 224 To give a brief definition of..this truest style of eloquence..it was ‘practical reasoning,’ animated by strong emotion.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlvi. 487 His eloquence was irresistibly impressive.
b. figurative.
ΚΠ
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. ii. 49 Our safest eloquence concerning him [sc. God] is our silence.
1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day iii. 62 The Dreadfull Eloquence of Pain Our only Song.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 252 Silence that spoke, and Eloquence of Eyes.
1814 S. Rogers Jacqueline 56 Her tears her only eloquence.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. iii. 37 That undisturbed silence of the heart which alone is perfect eloquence.
c. in plural. archaic.
ΚΠ
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iiij People came to Rome to se the eloquences of the bokes.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. v. 495 Suasive eloquences and advices.
2. Speech or verbal expression in general. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [noun]
speechc725
spellc888
tonguec897
spellingc1000
wordOE
mathelingOE
redec1275
sermonc1275
leeda1300
gale13..
speakc1300
speaking1303
ledenc1320
talea1325
parliamentc1325
winda1330
sermoningc1330
saying1340
melinga1375
talkingc1386
wordc1390
prolationa1393
carpinga1400
eloquencec1400
utteringc1400
language?c1450
reporturec1475
parleyc1490
locutionc1500
talk1539
discourse1545
report1548
tonguec1550
deliverance1553
oration1555
delivery1577
parling1582
parle1584
conveying1586
passage1598
perlocution1599
wording1604
bursta1616
ventilation1615
loquency1623
voicinga1626
verbocination1653
loquence1677
pronunciation1686
loquel1694
jawinga1731
talkee-talkee?1740
vocification1743
talkation1781
voicing1822
utterancy1827
voicing1831
the spoken word1832
outness1851
verbalization1851
voice1855
outgiving1865
stringing1886
praxis1950
c1400 Rom. Rose 7541 Your wikked thought..That mooveth your foule eloquence.
1658–9 N. St. Nicholas in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 119 I wish we do not draw God's judgment by such light eloquence.
3. The quality of being eloquent, as an attribute of speakers or writers, their utterances or style.
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
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 5 Alle to declare I have noone eloquence.
c1450 Crt. Love 2 Of cunning naked, bare of eloquence.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiiv My insufficiency and ignoraunce..lacke both lernyng and eloquence.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §15 This particular argument..is managed with a great deal of eloquence.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 201 This I have produced, as a Scantling of Jack's great Eloquence.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. ii. 21 Her father's eloquence had descended to her.
1891 N.E.D. at Eloquence Mod. A passage of unsurpassed eloquence.
4. = rhetoric n.1
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun]
rhetoricc1330
pronunciation?a1439
rhetory?a1500
well-speaking1511
oratorya1522
rhetorism1569
declaiming1577
pronouncec1600
acroama1603
eloquence1623
rhetoricalness1670
hypocritic1776
union1834
Speakership1887
oracy1965
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Eloquence, the Art of Rhetoricke.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 525 Professor of..eloquence.
1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 6 Abraham Remi..Professor Royal of Eloquence.
5. An alleged technical term denoting a company of lawyers. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > a company of lawyers
eloquence1486
libel1515
1486 Bk. St. Albans F vij a An Eloquens of laweyeris.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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