| 单词 | gold-mouthed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold-mouthed gold-mouthed adj. designating a person whose speech is exceptionally eloquent or persuasive.Chiefly with reference to St John Chrysostom (c347–407): see golden-mouthed adj. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > having pleasing speech or eloquent well-speakingOE renablec1300 fair-speakinga1398 well-tonguedc1480 honey-mouthed1539 golden-mouthed1542 sweet-mouthed1542 fine-mouthed?1549 silver-tongued1592 silver1594 gold-mouthed1595 honey-tongued1595 nectar-tongued1596 tongue-gilt1608 feather-tongueda1618 chrysostomatical1623 dulciloquent1656 sweet-spoken1716 sweet-lipped1783 chrysostomic1816 smooth-spoken1821 superfluent1822 honey-lipped1833 nice spoken1852 articulate1892 1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 52 He of pleaders Arts The Law, Demosthenes; gold-mouthed, king of harts. 1873 Kansas Mag. Mar. 239/2 ‘There is no power,’ writes the gold-mouthed doctor [sc. St John Chrysostom], ‘that does not come from God.’ 1951 K. K. Keshishian Romantic Cyprus (ed. 4) 148 He is known as one of the outstanding ecclesiastical figures of early church history and won the surname of Chrysostomos ‘gold-mouthed’..because of his singular eloquence. < as lemmas |
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