† sermocinationn.

Forms: Also 1600s cerm-.

Etymology: < Latin sermōcinātiōn-em, noun of action < sermōcinārī to sermocinate v.

Obsolete.

1. Talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun]

speechc900

talec1000

speaka1300

reasonc1300

speakinga1325

counsela1350

intercommuningc1374

dalliancec1400

communication1419

communancec1449

collocutiona1464

parlour?c1475

sermocination1514

commona1529

dialogue?1533

interlocutiona1534

discourse1545

discoursing1550

conference1565

purposea1572

talk1572

interspeech1579

conversationa1586

devising1586

intercourse1596

intercommunication1603

eclogue1604

commercing1610

communion1614

negocea1617

alloquy1623

confariation1652

gob1681

gab1761

commune1814

colloquy1817

conversing1884

cross-talk1887

bull session1920

rap1957

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a discourse or lecture

spellc888

predicationa1325

lessonc1330

collation1417

sermocination1514

discourse1533

lecture1536

descant1567

peroration1607

homilya1616

sermona1616

exercitation1632

transcursion1641

exhortatory1656

by-discourse1660

screed1748

purlicue1825

rhesis1840

talk1859

lecturette1867

chalk talk1881

pi-jaw1896

society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of

lorespellc1000

sermona1200

predicationa1325

preachingc1350

collation1417

preachmentc1460

postils1483

preacha1550

exercise1597

sermocination1645

pronea1670

stick1759

1514 S. Appulby Fruyte of Redemcyon i. sig. A.iii^v Every oryson, every tonge, and sermocynacyon.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Talking together... Cermocination.

1644 Bp. J. Hall Free Prisoner ii, in Devout Soul 152 No sermocinations of Ironmongers, felt-makers, coblers.

1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 48 Barrow and Greenwood were possessed with a spirit of railing and scoffing, terming..preaching preachment and sermocination.

1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pref. Whatever kind of sermocination is generally used in any Country, may very properly be termed a Language.

1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. Ep. Ded. sig. A11 Falsity..cannot be rectified by any sermocinations.

2. Rhetoric. A form of prosopopœia in which the speaker, having made a remark or put a question, immediately answers it.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > pretended speaker

prosopopey1550

prosopopoeia1550

sermocination1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Sermocination,..in rhetoric, denotes discourse in general, whether held by a person alone, or in company, and is the same with what is called dialogism.

Derivatives

† sermocinator n. Obsolete a talker, speaker.

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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun]

mathelereOE

mouthOE

speaker1303

sayer1340

outera1415

utterer1509

handler1534

trumpet1549

discourser1564

deliverer1580

linguist1612

vocalist1613

sermocinator1623

sermocinatrix1623

articulator1651

worder1654

voice1667

stringer1774

tonguer1822

vocalizer1830

locutor1858

outspeaker1858

speaker-hearer1965

speaker-listener1965

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Sermocinator, hee which talketh.

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 214 These obstreperous Sermocinators..make easie impressions upon the minds of the vulgar.

1652 W. Sancroft Mod. Policies sig. D4^v These Clancular Sermocinators bear as great sway in popular minds..as the Loyolists doe.

† sermocinatrix n. Obsolete a female talker.

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