单词 | pronunciatory |
释义 | pronunciatoryadj. rare. Of the nature of or characterized by pronouncement; of or relating to pronunciation. ΚΠ 1713 S. Hill Compendious Speculations upon Remission of Sins 6 The Minister that Baptizes a Proselyte, cleanses and absolves him entirely from all the Stain and Penal Guilt of all his former Sins, and the Form is Pronunciatory, I Baptize thee. 1713 S. Hill Compendious Speculations upon Remission of Sins 13 [He] forced him to bless the People with a pronuntiatory and effectual Blessing. 1806 M. Smart in Monthly Mag. 21 132 Our pronunciatory reformers in the pulpit and the theatre. 1929 P. Rosenfield Hour with Amer. Music ii. 49 Romantically overpitched and pronunciatory though it is, this work, and, for that matter, the good bits of the Sea Pieces and the Indian Suite, contain authentic exploitations of the medium of tone. 1940 Port Arthur (Texas) News 24 Apr. 4/1 The French verbal concoction that has proved a pronunciatory Waterloo to so many Americans. 1998 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 5 July b10 He..takes wicked joy in pronunciatory eccentricities. The English tend to place the stress as far forward in a word as possible, he writes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1713 |
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