plain-spokeadj.

Brit.

/ˌpleɪnˈspəʊk/, U.S.

/ˌpleɪnˈspoʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adv.¹, English spoke , speak v.

Etymology: < plain adv.¹ + spoke, past participle of speak v. Compare earlier plain-spoken adj.

Now colloquial.

= plain-spoken adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct

naked?c1225

platc1385

plaina1393

light?a1400

rounda1450

direct1530

frank1548

evena1573

handsmooth1612

point-blank1648

crude1650

plain-spoken1658

plain-spoke1706

unambiguous1751

plump1789

straightforward1806

plain-said1867

pine-blank1883

straight1894

point-to-point1905

non-ambiguous1924

Wife of Bath1926

simpliste1973

1706 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 9 Leave my plain spoke Love to prove its Merit.

a1895 F. E. Weatherly Bird in Hand in E. Stedman Victorian Anthol. (1895) 509 The plain-spoke lad is far too rough, The rich young lord is not rich enough.

1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata v. 143 Making a music to the tune of Greensleeves and for en-core in sung-out plain-spoke south-English, this prose.

1964 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 13 Dec. 3/2 Viet Nam's intrepid and plain spoke Prime Minister Tran Van Haung.

1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 Nov. 26 ‘The Kentucky Cycle’ has the kind of fleeting plain-spoke eloquence easily mistaken for Shakespearean Americana (by those who don't much prize Shakespeare).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plain-spoke
释义	plain-spokeadj. Brit. /ˌpleɪnˈspəʊk/, U.S. /ˌpleɪnˈspoʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adv.¹, English spoke , speak v. Etymology: < plain adv.¹ + spoke, past participle of speak v. Compare earlier plain-spoken adj. Now colloquial. = plain-spoken adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct naked?c1225 platc1385 plaina1393 light?a1400 rounda1450 direct1530 frank1548 evena1573 handsmooth1612 point-blank1648 crude1650 plain-spoken1658 plain-spoke1706 unambiguous1751 plump1789 straightforward1806 plain-said1867 pine-blank1883 straight1894 point-to-point1905 non-ambiguous1924 Wife of Bath1926 simpliste1973 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 9 Leave my plain spoke Love to prove its Merit. a1895 F. E. Weatherly Bird in Hand in E. Stedman Victorian Anthol. (1895) 509 The plain-spoke lad is far too rough, The rich young lord is not rich enough. 1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata v. 143 Making a music to the tune of Greensleeves and for en-core in sung-out plain-spoke south-English, this prose. 1964 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 13 Dec. 3/2 Viet Nam's intrepid and plain spoke Prime Minister Tran Van Haung. 1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 Nov. 26 ‘The Kentucky Cycle’ has the kind of fleeting plain-spoke eloquence easily mistaken for Shakespearean Americana (by those who don't much prize Shakespeare). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1706
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