单词 | silver-tongued |
释义 | silver-tonguedadj. Having a pleasant or melodious utterance; sweet-spoken; eloquent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > having pleasing speech or eloquent well-speakingOE renablec1300 fair-speakinga1398 well-tonguedc1480 honey-mouthed1539 golden-mouthed1542 sweet-mouthed1542 fine-mouthed?1549 silver-tongued1592 silver1594 gold-mouthed1595 honey-tongued1595 nectar-tongued1596 tongue-gilt1608 feather-tongueda1618 chrysostomatical1623 dulciloquent1656 sweet-spoken1716 sweet-lipped1783 chrysostomic1816 smooth-spoken1821 superfluent1822 honey-lipped1833 nice spoken1852 articulate1892 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F Siluer-tongu'd Smith, whose well tun'd stile hath made thy death the generall teares of the Muses. 1618 J. Vicars Commend. Verses in J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) sig. A6v Admired Silver-Tongued Sylvester. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 18 Relying too much upon the silver-tongued Virgil. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 54 Silver tongued hope, Promised another harvest. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xv, in Writings I. 150 He—good, silver-tongued man—heeded not the miserable jest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1592 |
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