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单词 tell-truth
释义

tell-truthn.

Brit. /ˈtɛlˌtruːθ/, U.S. /ˈtɛlˌtruθ/
Forms:

α. see tell v. and truth n.

β. 1500s tel-troath, 1500s–1700s tell-troth, 1600s tel-troth.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tell- comb. form, truth n.
Etymology: < tell- comb. form + truth n., after to tell (the) truth at tell v. Phrases 2.In β. forms with alteration of the second element after troth n.
Now archaic and rare.
1. A person who or thing which tells the truth; a truthful or candid person, text, etc.Sometimes used as an epithet of a character regarded as the embodiment of truthfulness or candour (chiefly as Tom Tell-Truth).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > truthful person
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tell-truth?1556
truthsman1832
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth
soothquidec888
soothsawc950
soothOE
righteousnessa1225
certainty1330
truthc1330
trotha1387
verity1533
tell-truth?1556
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round O1605
fact1779
veracity1852
veritability1864
?1556 E. P. in tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities Pref. sig. B iv b Which sermon & al other tel truthes, openinge the abuses and tirannye of the Bishop of Rome, are now put to silence.
1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. S.2 Is not Tom teltroath euery where, A busie cockscombe deeme [prob. read deemde; rhyme esteemde]?
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. K2 Ipsissima sunt Aristotelis verba, they are the verie words of Iohn Tell-troth in the 1357. folio of the last edition of the great Chronicle of England.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 5 That, like a tell-troth, it may boldly blaze.
1618 S. Garey Amphitheatrum Scelerum in Great Brittans Little Cal. 196 So some might haue thought this letter to haue beene the euaporation of an idle braine; but our Teltroth Cassandra, sacred Soueraigne, presently presaged the truth.
1681 (title) A pleasant discourse between two sea-men, Tom-Tell-Troth and John Ramble: at their first meeting in club-house.
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 126 But hear what follows, my honest tell-truth.
1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 345 Would these Tell-truths be guided by Prudence..a Prince would more value Truth.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 199 I am old Tell-Truth; I love to call a Spade a Spade.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) vi. 27 Tell-truths in the service of falsehood we find everywhere.
1858 R. Maguire Daysman 15 Aug. 9 That is the tell-truth; the death-bed is the discerner of the soul.
a1889 W. Collins Blind Love (1890) I. vi. 167 Mind! I'm Tom-Tell-Truth; if I don't like your French tipple, I shall say so.
1967 P. Garland Brief Lives i. 33 I have made a Book of Lives. 'Twill be a pretty thing, for I spare neither friend nor foe, but am a religious tell-truth.
2. The action of telling of the truth; candour. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun]
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verity1565
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truthfulness1647
veritableness1664
veridicalness1727
tell-truth1744
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veraciousness1860
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veridicity1937
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > speaking the truth
soothsawc950
truthing1644
tell-truth1744
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 67 He was very seldom guilty of Offence to any, except in the Way of Tell-truth, which he could scarce ever forbear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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