† fair-spokeadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fair adv., English spoke , speak v.

Etymology: < fair adv. + spoke, past participle of speak v. Compare fair-spoken adj.

Obsolete.

= fair-spoken adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > in speech

fair-spokec1450

fair-spokena1464

well bespoken?1473

soft-spoken1616

softly-spoken1851

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 15 (MED) For he [sc. Ambrose] was noted þorw-oute Itaile a fayr spoke man, and gretly roted in rethorik.

1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 52 The language Arabick is mightily sustained..By faire-spoke Auicen.

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica i. 4 Saturne well shap't, faire spoke, and comely grac't.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour ii. i. 15 Kalib ascend, my fair-spoke servant rise.

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

单词	fair-spoke
释义	† fair-spokeadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fair adv., English spoke , speak v. Etymology: < fair adv. + spoke, past participle of speak v. Compare fair-spoken adj. Obsolete. = fair-spoken adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > in speech fair-spokec1450 fair-spokena1464 well bespoken?1473 soft-spoken1616 softly-spoken1851 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 15 (MED) For he [sc. Ambrose] was noted þorw-oute Itaile a fayr spoke man, and gretly roted in rethorik. 1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 52 The language Arabick is mightily sustained..By faire-spoke Auicen. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica i. 4 Saturne well shap't, faire spoke, and comely grac't. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour ii. i. 15 Kalib ascend, my fair-spoke servant rise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450
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