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单词 well-saying
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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.
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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. 2v 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).
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