单词 | acroama |
释义 | acroaman. rare. 1. Originally Ancient Greek Philosophy. Oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Acroamata, were certayne lectures of Aristotle, whiche he radde to his scholers, wherin was the moste subtylle and counnynge parte of philosophie.] 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 725 Alexander did..learne of Aristotle..other more secret, hard, and graue doctrine, which Aristotles schollers do properly call Acroamata [Fr. Acroamatiques; Gk. ἀκροατικὰς]. 1654 C. Hotham in tr. J. Böhme Consolatory Treat. Four Complexions Pref. sig. A3v The Interpreters out of a just fear of wronging his notion, having religiously followed the Oracles Counsell..they have prov'd to be like Aristotles Acroams.., extant in part only, the Dutch made English, but in the Magick each man left to his own skill. 1986 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 106 102/1 ‘Acroama’—that is, ‘secret, privately communicated teachings transmitted only to elect disciples’—renders the word chüeh.., an important term in the vocabulary of Taoism. 1988 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 108 625/2 It denotes ‘private transmissions of secret or esoteric nature; acroama’. 2. A rhetorical declamation (as opposed to an argument). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] rhetoricc1330 pronunciation?a1439 rhetory?a1500 well-speaking1511 oratorya1522 rhetorism1569 declaiming1577 pronouncec1600 acroama1603 eloquence1623 rhetoricalness1670 hypocritic1776 union1834 Speakership1887 oracy1965 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Acroama, a subtyle sentence, which requireth an exquysite study to perceyue.] 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 952 There was rehearsed at the table a pretie Acroame or eare-delight [Fr. quelque composition; Gk. ἀκροάματος], which pleased the companie verie well. 1848 E. J. Sabine tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos II. 306 Copernicus, in his dedication to the Pope, does not hesitate to term the generally received opinion of the immobility and central position of the earth an ‘absurd acroama’, and to expose the stupidity of those who adhere to so erroneous a belief. 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 153 Facciolati expanded the argument of Pacius..into a special Acroama; but his eloquence was not more effective than the reasoning of his predecessors. ?1863 in Corr. Claims against Great Brit. (1870) V. 655 He (Lord Robert Montagu) had collected a few of these acroamata. 1977 Yale French Stud. No. 54. 159 My own acroamata might, while well-meaning, sound, well, meaningless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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