单词 | preambulation |
释义 | † preambulationn.1 Obsolete. The making of a preamble; a preamble, a preface. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech forespeechc1000 prologuec1350 preamblec1395 preambulationc1395 prooemiumc1485 prolocutiona1525 introduction1529 insinuation1532 preface1532 proem1532 foretalk1565 opening statement1806 insinuance1888 c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 837 Lo..goddes armes two, A frere wol entremette hym euere mo..What spekestow of preambulacioun [v.r. perambulacioun]? 1580 A. Saker Narbonus 76 Hir mind was on hir maydenhead, and hir thoughts ranne on former preambulations. 1598 H. Roberts Honours Conquest sig. P3 The knight which during his long preambulation, had considered of his speech, he was perswaded yt he spake but truth, yet could not iudge his secret intent. ?1660 T. Jordan Divinity & Morality sig. §3 (heading) Preambulation. 1668 T. Jordan Money is Asse iv. iii. 32 This is the preambulation to more mischeif cunning Sir. 1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 2 And now I have done with preambulation. 1805 E. Clark Banks of Douro III. 69 Introduced the subject..after a long preambulation. 1874 Catholic World May 188/1 They entered Muiceron together, and Jeannette, without any preambulation, threw herself on her mother's breast. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † preambulationn.2 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. The action or an act of walking or going before or in front. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Preambulation, a walking or going before. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1c1395n.21828 |
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