单词 | eloquence |
释义 | eloquencen. 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. 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. 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). < n.1382 |
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