单词 | pronunciative |
释义 | pronunciativeadj. Of the nature of a pronouncement; declarative; characterized by pronouncement; †dogmatic (obsolete). Also: of or relating to pronunciation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [adjective] peremptory1575 categoricala1620 pronunciative1619 affirmative1650 thetical1653 categoric1678 round1701 plonking1950 1619 A. Gorges tr. F. Bacon Wisedome Ancients xxvi. 131 The confident and pronuntiatiue [L. Pronunciatrix] schoole of Aristotle. 1643 J. Bramhall Serpent Salve 143 His Majesty may be Authoritative Judge where he doth not personally sit: and the naming of a Delegate or High Steward to be a pronunciative Judge, doth not exclude the principall. 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. iii. 72 Those were promissive, and these demonstrative, or as others express it, those were pronunciative, and these of the Gospel are contestative. 1704 W. Sheridan Several Disc. 101 The School-men make Four sorts of Judges: First, Authorative [sic]... Secondly, Pronunciative; so, God shall judge the Secrets of Men by Jesus Christ [etc.]. 1851 J. Ruskin King Golden River (1860) ii. 38 The singing stopped, and the voice became clear, and pronunciative. 1947 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 5 238 Perhaps one should wish for such a reader a more inquiring and less pronunciative statement of literary value. 1998 Musical Q. 82 590 They could understand the music they heard in terms of the pronunciative aspects of language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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