† well-sayingn.

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and saying n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., saying n.¹

Etymology: < well adv. + saying n.¹

Obsolete.

Elegant or persuasive use of words; eloquence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > eloquence

fairnessOE

fair speakinga1387

well-sayingc1425

eloquencec1430

facundie1447

dog eloquence1542

eloquency1545

elocution1593

dulciloquy1623

suaviloquencea1649

suaviloquy1658

articulacy1915

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 3519 (MED) He..was gronde of wel-seying..My maister Chaucer.

a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 47 (MED) Echon ywrite..By hym þat was..Floure of Poetes..Of wel seyinge first in oure language.

a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 2^v For the matter lyeth not in muche sayeng, but in well saying.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 153 King. You haue said well. Car. And euer may your Highnesse yoake together..my doing well, With my well saying .

1696 V. Alsop Decus & Tutamen 34 It's not well-saying, but well-doing, that must wipe off the Reproach that has been thrown upon our holy Profession.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	well-saying
释义	† well-sayingn. Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and saying n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., saying n.¹ Etymology: < well adv. + saying n.¹ Obsolete. Elegant or persuasive use of words; eloquence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > eloquence fairnessOE fair speakinga1387 well-sayingc1425 eloquencec1430 facundie1447 dog eloquence1542 eloquency1545 elocution1593 dulciloquy1623 suaviloquencea1649 suaviloquy1658 articulacy1915 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 3519 (MED) He..was gronde of wel-seying..My maister Chaucer. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 47 (MED) Echon ywrite..By hym þat was..Floure of Poetes..Of wel seyinge first in oure language. a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 2^v For the matter lyeth not in muche sayeng, but in well saying. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 153 King. You haue said well. Car. And euer may your Highnesse yoake together..my doing well, With my well saying . View more context for this quotation 1696 V. Alsop Decus & Tutamen 34 It's not well-saying, but well-doing, that must wipe off the Reproach that has been thrown upon our holy Profession. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1425
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