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单词 pauciloquent
释义

pauciloquentadj.

Brit. /pɔːˈsɪləkw(ə)nt/, U.S. /pɔˈsɪləkwənt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pauci- , -loquent comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin pauci- (see pauci- comb. form) + -loquent comb. form, after pauciloquy n. Compare post-classical Latin pauciloquus that speaks little, of few words (13th cent., 14th cent. in British sources). Compare grandiloquent adj. and n., magniloquent adj.A related word pauciloquous is also recorded (1724 in an isolated attestation).
rare.
That uses few words in speech or conversation; laconic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > uttering few words or speaking briefly
pauciloquent1656
breviloquent1865
short-spoken1865
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pauciloquent.., that speaketh little.
1863 C. G. Leland There was Sharp Lawyer in Bk. of Copperheads 26/2 All he would say was ‘ah!’ ‘h'm!’ ‘oh!’ and ‘ay!’ This pauciloquent person named P—.
1973 Times 5 Mar. 8/4 The trilingual but pauciloquent ‘word score’ [of an opera].
2002 MX (Nexis) 13 Aug. 9 Someone who is ‘pauciloquent’ uses as few words as possible when conversing.

Derivatives

pauˈciloquently adv. rare with few words.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adverb]
in silencea1382
without language?c1450
sub silentio1563
monkishly1595
wordlessly1840
pauciloquently1844
speechlessly1847
taciturnly1847
reticently1859
incommunicativelya1862
1844 J. W. Wallace Reporters 33 The pauciloquently praising Lord Eldon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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