table talkn.

Brit.

/ˈteɪbl ˌtɔːk/, U.S.

/ˈteɪb(ə)l ˌtɔk/

Forms: see table n. and talk n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., talk n.

Etymology: < table n. + talk n. Compare post-classical Latin sermones conviviales , plural (5th cent.), German Tischrede (1566 or earlier: see note at 1b).

a. Talk at the table; informal conversation; gossip, chit-chat.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > at meals

table talk1556

table discourse1611

supper-time conversation1747

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties f. 56^v A fowle hearing it is, and verie faultie, in a sage mater to bring in anie table talk, or wanton wordes [L. convivio digna aut delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4 Not speaking (table talke fashion..) words as they chanceably fall from the mouth.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 83 Iessi. Nay, let me praise you while I haue a stomack? Loren. No pray thee, let it serue for table talke .

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 342 In Table talk, I prefer the Pleasant and Witty, before the Learned and the Grave.

1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd Pref. p. xxv Such Digressions I allow rather as pro & con for Table-talk, than a general Benefit.

1786 E. Bates Chinese Fragm. ii. 73 It may be said, that the religion of a nation is not to be estimated from their table-talk,..but rather from their public solemn worship.

1811 G. Jackson Diary 11 Jan. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 192 This little episode..started some table talk.

1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 20 Mar. 3/6 Table talk should be such as to be of interest to as many as possible.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 158/1 (advt.) The course..arms you..with properly trivial table talk..and talk tonics that never fail to revive a languishing conversation.

1999 N. Spinrad Greenhouse Summer (2000) vii. 174 She sat there..enduring this tedious climatological table talk.

b. spec. The conversation of famous people or of intellectual circles, esp. as reproduced in literary form.In early use probably influenced by M. Luther Tischreden oder Colloquia Doctoris Martini Luthers (1566), which was first translated into English in 1652 as Dr. Martin Luther's Divine Discourses at his Table. The work mentioned in quot. 1607 is J. Gast Conuiuialium sermonum liber (1541).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > written colloquial discussion

talk1552

table talk1607

1607 E. Grimeston in tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 323 Iohn le Gast of Brisae, in the 2. volume of his Table-talke, pag. 131.

1689 (title) Table-talk: being the discourses of John Selden Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence.

a1782 T. Newton Wks. (1782) III. xlvii. 517 The table-talk of learned men in former ages hath been thought worthy to be transmitted to posterity.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 7 The small portion which we have of the table-talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vii. 528 One group has acquired the distinctive name of Ana; the reported conversation, the table-talk of the learned.

1846 (title) The table talk of Martin Luther, translated and edited by W. Hazlitt.

1893 Times 7 Apr. 3/2 The materials for doing so are supplied in varying measure by history, biography, autobiography, diaries, memoirs, letters, table talk, and so forth.

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 40 413 How Cæsar expressed himself we do not know but we could make a fair conjecture regarding the ‘philological’ table talk during Cæsar's famous visit to Cicero in 45.

1983 Times 23 Apr. 8/5 Hence his ‘table talk’, unobtrusively recorded by Bormann for a future record.

2. A subject for table talk; a theme for general conversation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip

talec1230

noveltyc1384

talking-stock1548

table talk1572

talk-stuff1598

talk1624

conference1633

town talk1642

conversation piece1784

talking point1922

1572 D. Fergusson Serm. sig. B.vj^v As for the ministers of the word..ze Raill vpon thame at zour pleasure..& to be schort, we ar now maid zour Tabill talk.

1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives 775 Antonius commanded him at the Table to tell him what wind brought him thither, he answered, That it was no Table-talk, and that he would tell him to morrow morning fasting.

1611 J. Gyfford in T. Coryate Odcombian Banquet sig. I2 Trauel, Wit, and Art doe all conspire To make him Table-talke, and pointed at.

1723 F. Hawling Impertinent Lovers i. 8 My unusual Assiduity became the neighbouring Table-talk.

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 151 To be the Table Talk of clubs up stairs.

1860 I. W. Rogerson Poems 166 At eve they are our social table talk: To them, oft, more than heaven, Our parting thoughts are given.

1930 Dothan (Alabama) Eagle 7 Nov. Politics in our home was table talk.

1968 Drama Rev. 13 147/1 People are becoming adults in an absurd time when the extinction of the human race is table talk.

2005 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 27 Sept. a2 Q. What good do you see coming from the corporate ethics scandals? A. To raise the level of awareness and to make it table talk.

Derivatives

ˈtable-talker n. a person who talks or converses at the table; an eloquent and engaging conversationalist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > for pay or professionally

breath-seller1601

table-talker1822

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 157/2 To use the language of the reverend author of that excellent work, ‘The Miseries of Human Life’, our table-talker [sc. Hazlitt] ‘is rather an ulcer than a man’.

1880 Q. Rev. Jan. 101 He was the best of table-talkers.

1904 M. D. Conway Autobiogr., Mem. & Experiences (2005) II. xxix. 28 There never was a more delightful table-talker.

2006 North Bay (Ont.) Nugget (Nexis) 20 July b2 If you want to be a table-talker, you'll need to learn to lie with the same tone, mannerisms and speed as you would if you were comfortably telling the truth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	table talk
释义	table talkn. Brit. /ˈteɪbl ˌtɔːk/, U.S. /ˈteɪb(ə)l ˌtɔk/ Forms: see table n. and talk n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., talk n. Etymology: < table n. + talk n. Compare post-classical Latin sermones conviviales , plural (5th cent.), German Tischrede (1566 or earlier: see note at 1b). 1. a. Talk at the table; informal conversation; gossip, chit-chat. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > at meals table talk1556 table discourse1611 supper-time conversation1747 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties f. 56^v A fowle hearing it is, and verie faultie, in a sage mater to bring in anie table talk, or wanton wordes [L. convivio digna aut delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4 Not speaking (table talke fashion..) words as they chanceably fall from the mouth. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 83 Iessi. Nay, let me praise you while I haue a stomack? Loren. No pray thee, let it serue for table talke . View more context for this quotation 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 342 In Table talk, I prefer the Pleasant and Witty, before the Learned and the Grave. 1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd Pref. p. xxv Such Digressions I allow rather as pro & con for Table-talk, than a general Benefit. 1786 E. Bates Chinese Fragm. ii. 73 It may be said, that the religion of a nation is not to be estimated from their table-talk,..but rather from their public solemn worship. 1811 G. Jackson Diary 11 Jan. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 192 This little episode..started some table talk. 1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 20 Mar. 3/6 Table talk should be such as to be of interest to as many as possible. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 158/1 (advt.) The course..arms you..with properly trivial table talk..and talk tonics that never fail to revive a languishing conversation. 1999 N. Spinrad Greenhouse Summer (2000) vii. 174 She sat there..enduring this tedious climatological table talk. b. spec. The conversation of famous people or of intellectual circles, esp. as reproduced in literary form.In early use probably influenced by M. Luther Tischreden oder Colloquia Doctoris Martini Luthers (1566), which was first translated into English in 1652 as Dr. Martin Luther's Divine Discourses at his Table. The work mentioned in quot. 1607 is J. Gast Conuiuialium sermonum liber (1541). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > written colloquial discussion talk1552 table talk1607 1607 E. Grimeston in tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 323 Iohn le Gast of Brisae, in the 2. volume of his Table-talke, pag. 131. 1689 (title) Table-talk: being the discourses of John Selden Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence. a1782 T. Newton Wks. (1782) III. xlvii. 517 The table-talk of learned men in former ages hath been thought worthy to be transmitted to posterity. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 7 The small portion which we have of the table-talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vii. 528 One group has acquired the distinctive name of Ana; the reported conversation, the table-talk of the learned. 1846 (title) The table talk of Martin Luther, translated and edited by W. Hazlitt. 1893 Times 7 Apr. 3/2 The materials for doing so are supplied in varying measure by history, biography, autobiography, diaries, memoirs, letters, table talk, and so forth. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 40 413 How Cæsar expressed himself we do not know but we could make a fair conjecture regarding the ‘philological’ table talk during Cæsar's famous visit to Cicero in 45. 1983 Times 23 Apr. 8/5 Hence his ‘table talk’, unobtrusively recorded by Bormann for a future record. 2. A subject for table talk; a theme for general conversation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip talec1230 noveltyc1384 talking-stock1548 table talk1572 talk-stuff1598 talk1624 conference1633 town talk1642 conversation piece1784 talking point1922 1572 D. Fergusson Serm. sig. B.vj^v As for the ministers of the word..ze Raill vpon thame at zour pleasure..& to be schort, we ar now maid zour Tabill talk. 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives 775 Antonius commanded him at the Table to tell him what wind brought him thither, he answered, That it was no Table-talk, and that he would tell him to morrow morning fasting. 1611 J. Gyfford in T. Coryate Odcombian Banquet sig. I2 Trauel, Wit, and Art doe all conspire To make him Table-talke, and pointed at. 1723 F. Hawling Impertinent Lovers i. 8 My unusual Assiduity became the neighbouring Table-talk. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 151 To be the Table Talk of clubs up stairs. 1860 I. W. Rogerson Poems 166 At eve they are our social table talk: To them, oft, more than heaven, Our parting thoughts are given. 1930 Dothan (Alabama) Eagle 7 Nov. Politics in our home was table talk. 1968 Drama Rev. 13 147/1 People are becoming adults in an absurd time when the extinction of the human race is table talk. 2005 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 27 Sept. a2 Q. What good do you see coming from the corporate ethics scandals? A. To raise the level of awareness and to make it table talk. Derivatives ˈtable-talker n. a person who talks or converses at the table; an eloquent and engaging conversationalist. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > for pay or professionally breath-seller1601 table-talker1822 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 157/2 To use the language of the reverend author of that excellent work, ‘The Miseries of Human Life’, our table-talker [sc. Hazlitt] ‘is rather an ulcer than a man’. 1880 Q. Rev. Jan. 101 He was the best of table-talkers. 1904 M. D. Conway Autobiogr., Mem. & Experiences (2005) II. xxix. 28 There never was a more delightful table-talker. 2006 North Bay (Ont.) Nugget (Nexis) 20 July b2 If you want to be a table-talker, you'll need to learn to lie with the same tone, mannerisms and speed as you would if you were comfortably telling the truth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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