单词 | plausive |
释义 | plausiveadj. Now rare. 1. Expressive of approval or praise; having the quality of applause; applauding. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner sweetc825 soota1250 coutha1375 pleasantc1387 gallant?a1513 plausible1577 plausive1595 placentiousa1661 winsome1677 genial1746 clever1758 nice1830 decent1902 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [adjective] plausible1542 plausive1595 applausive1609 applauseful1630 acclamatory1657 plauditory1658 ovationary1852 1595 T. Edwards Cephalus & Procris sig. A2v Most haue endeuoured to appease Iupiter, some to applause Mercury, all to honor the deities. Iupiter hath beene found pleasant, Mercury plausiue, all plyant. 1605 T. Heywood If you know not Me sig. B2v Those plausiue shouts which giue you entertaine. 1610 Mucedorus (new ed.) sig. Fv Giue plausiue welcomes to our brother King. 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 7 When Pandora had made this plausiue Oration. 1753 L. M. tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman II. 4 They who have a good voice sing where there is an echo, with a better grace, because the plausive sound makes them more sprightly. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 224/1 Around the plausive cirque. 1819 W. Wordsworth Malham Cove 8 No mightier work had gained the plausive smile Of all-beholding Phoebus! 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 151 The young graduate..would..find the air faintly echoing with plausive academic thunders. 1999 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 3 June a25 Plausive. An adjective that means showing or expressing praise. The word is kin to applaud and I should have figured it out. A plausive audience would be clapping, I guess. 2002 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 17 Aug. 1 For first-year volunteers and visitors to the Santa Fe Indian Market's artist competition Friday at the Sweeney Convention Center, wide-eyed amazement and plausive sentiments were the most common responses. ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 18 + 14 By some habit, that too much ore-leauens The forme of plausiue manners. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 53 His plausiue words He scatter'd not in eares, but grafted them To grow there and to beare. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > of words, statements queemc1175 gayc1425 plausible1565 glib1603 plausivea1616 specious1651 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. i. 26 What shall I say I haue done? It must bee a very plausiue inuention that carries it. View more context for this quotation 1767 Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 145/1 The plausive arguments of false reasoners. 1820 R. Polwhele Introd. Lavington's Enthus. Method. & Papists C j All this under the plausive pretext of Toleration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1595 |
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