单词 | rhetory |
释义 | rhetoryn. Originally and chiefly Scottish. archaic and rare in later use. Rhetoric; eloquence. 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 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > rhetoric rhetory?a1500 rhetoric1559 rope-ripe1584 inkle-eloquence1774 rhetoricianism1842 a1500 R. Henryson in tr. Æsop Fables Prol. l. 3 in Poems (1981) 3 Thair polite termes of sweit rhetore Richt plesand ar vnto the eir of man. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 266 The eloquence of ornat rethorie. a1525 Bk. Chess 1669 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I Of rethorye expert suld he be. a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.ij But by prolixing & pronouncing in facunde Retorie, The Commons them selues the Citie edified. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 130 in Shorter Poems (1967) 18 Schaw thyn endyt, repruf of rethoryis. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 5308 Ȝour facund fleching, and ȝour wordis sueit Of rithorie. 1650 T. Vaughan Man-mouse 16 Miserable Ignorant! he cannot distinguish Rhetorie from Geometrie. 1994 W. N. Herbert Forked Tongue 54 Eh heard then..thi rhetory o rewellan burds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500 |
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