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单词 silver-tongued
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silver-tonguedadj.

Etymology: < silver n. and adj. Compounds 1b.
Having a pleasant or melodious utterance; sweet-spoken; eloquent.
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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).
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