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单词 rhetory
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rhetoryn.

Brit. /ˈrɛtəri/, U.S. /ˈrɛdəri/, Scottish English /ˈrɛtərɪ/
Forms: 1500s retorie, 1600s rhetorie, 1900s– rhetory; Scottish pre-1700 rethorie, pre-1700 rethory, pre-1700 rethorye, pre-1700 retory, pre-1700 rhetorie, pre-1700 rithorie.
Origin: Apparently either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: rhetor n., -y suffix3; rhetoric n.1, -y suffix3.
Etymology: Apparently either < rhetor n. + -y suffix3 or an alteration of rhetoric n.1 with substitution of -y suffix3 for the ending, perhaps after ancient Greek ῥητορεία oratory ( < ῥήτωρ rhetor n. + -εία -y suffix3). Compare post-classical Latin rhetoria (in an undated text from Hungary). Compare rhetorian n., rhetoriously adv., rhetorial adj.
Originally and chiefly Scottish. archaic and rare in later use.
Rhetoric; eloquence.
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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).
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