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单词 polylogy
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polylogyn.

Brit. /pəˈlɪlədʒi/, /pɒˈlɪlədʒi/, U.S. /pəˈlɪlədʒi/
Forms: 1600s polulogy, 1600s polylogie, 1700s– polylogy.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin polylogia; Greek πολυλογία.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin polylogia verbosity (a1536 in Erasmus) or its etymon ancient Greek πολυλογία loquacity < πολυλόγος loquacious ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + -λογος -logue comb. form) + -ία -y suffix3; compare -logy comb. form. Compare battology n.
rare after 17th cent.
Loquacity, talkativeness; verbosity; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun]
overspeecheOE
tongue-itch1540
multiloquy1542
long tongue1557
garrulity1581
slipperiness1589
polylogy1602
volubility1602
loquacity1603
lubricity1603
tonguiness1607
overspeakinga1610
talkativeness1609
philology1623
tongue-vice1628
glibness1633
futility1640
linguacity1656
garrulousness1727
linguosity1727
loquaciousness1727
multiloquiousness1727
jaw1748
multiloquence1760
flippancy1789
verbal diarrhoea1808
magpiety1832
big mouth1834
pleniloquence1838
chattiness1876
open-mouthedness1883
gabbiness1887
garrulance1890
irreticence1919
talkiness1934
ear-bashing1945
mee-mawing1974
1602 R. Tyrie 5 Godlie Serm. 285 Vsing Polulogies and Battologies that is vaine repetitions, & much babblings.
1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. 115 Many words, (batologie or polylogie)..are signes of a foole.
1665 G. Thomson Galeno-pale i. 2 Some men, who count Learning principally to consist in variety of Languages, Polylogie, and plausible Argumentations.
1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Polylogy, Talkativeness.
1890 My Curates 19 Mr. Slimmer's vigorous energy in polylogy (if I may coin a word).
1998 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 38 219 His plain speech.., contrasting dramatically with the sundry-tongued polylogy of his enemies.

Derivatives

poˈlylogize v. rare (intransitive) to talk a great deal.
ΚΠ
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. ii. 231 I have ‘polylogized’ quite long enough.
1988 T. Cortazzi Garden of Paradise 16 Polygons polyglotting, polymaths polylogizing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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