well-speakingn.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈspiːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈspikɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and speaking n.

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

Etymology: < well adv. + speaking n. Compare earlier well-speaking adj.

Now historical and rare.

Pleasing or agreeable language or speech; eloquence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun]

rhetoricc1330

pronunciation?a1439

rhetory?a1500

well-speaking1511

oratorya1522

rhetorism1569

declaiming1577

pronouncec1600

acroama1603

eloquence1623

rhetoricalness1670

hypocritic1776

union1834

Speakership1887

oracy1965

1511 H. Watson tr. Noble Hist. King Ponthus (new ed.) sig. A.iiij By mahowne I wote not what ye be, but of beaute ne of well spekynge haue ye not fayled.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. I.j^v I am sure he would muche sooner haue desired wel doing in himself then wel speaking in an other.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. de La Motte Aigron in tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. sig. A4 A man no less versed in the art of well-speaking then himself.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding Contents (heading) In them [sc. the connecting particles] consists the art of well speaking.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 209 Their value consists in well Speaking and true Action, in a just imitation of Nature.

1834 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond in Leigh Hunt's Jrnl. 13 Aug. 156/3 She is equally skilled both in well speaking and in holding her tongue.

1970 Hist. Educ. Q. 10 280 There were free public lectures..upon subjects which ranged from military architecture to cosmography..and the art of well-speaking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

well-speakingadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈspiːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈspikɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and speak v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., speak v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < well adv. + speak v. + -ing suffix². Compare later speaking adj.

Now somewhat rare.

Eloquent; using or characterized by pleasing or agreeable language or speech (sometimes with implication of insincerity or ulterior motive); well-spoken. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

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

OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 43 Uultis esse uersipelles aut milleformes in mendaciis, astuti in loquelis, astuti, uersuti, bene loquentes et male cogitantes? : wille ge beon prættige oþþe þusenthiwe on leasungum, lytige on spræcum, onglæwlice, hindergepe, wel sprecende & yfele þencende?

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. iv. 10 I am not wele spekyng [L. eloquens]..I am of more latsom & of more slow tonge.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 42 A persone malicious and wele-spekinge.

a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 12534 To þe Emperour he þoughte to sende, Two erles þat were of noble lynage, & wel spekynge, of god langage.

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 275 Men schuldyn on þe halyday seruyn God with herte, mouth & wark—with herte wel-þynkyng..with mout wel-spekynge.

?1528 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Bk. Distyllacyon (new ed.) ii. sig. x.i^v/1 It cawseth the heuy tongue to become lyght, & wel speking.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Pendu A smooth, glib, eloquent, or well speaking tongue.

1796 E. Wynne Diary 29 July in Wynne Diaries (1935) II. viii. 114 He was a cunning well speaking fellow.

1859 Lit. Gaz. 11 June 693/3 Let us..patiently rest on the well-speaking report, till we see what we shall see.

1871 All Year Round 8 Jan. 204/1 Some organs will literally make a church tremble, by the amazing power of well-speaking pipes thirty-two feet in length.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 41 Nor his well-speaking tongue, Might, this day, frame the Eporedian king.

1922 M. Johnson 1492 xxxviii. 276 Pedro de Terreros, a well-speaking man.

2006 P. Williams-Forson Building Houses out of Chicken Legs i. ii. 51 It belongs to someone who is quite possibly illiterate or not well-speaking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-speaking
释义	well-speakingn. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈspiːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈspikɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and speaking n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., speaking n. Etymology: < well adv. + speaking n. Compare earlier well-speaking adj. Now historical and rare. Pleasing or agreeable language or speech; eloquence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] rhetoricc1330 pronunciation?a1439 rhetory?a1500 well-speaking1511 oratorya1522 rhetorism1569 declaiming1577 pronouncec1600 acroama1603 eloquence1623 rhetoricalness1670 hypocritic1776 union1834 Speakership1887 oracy1965 1511 H. Watson tr. Noble Hist. King Ponthus (new ed.) sig. A.iiij By mahowne I wote not what ye be, but of beaute ne of well spekynge haue ye not fayled. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. I.j^v I am sure he would muche sooner haue desired wel doing in himself then wel speaking in an other. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. de La Motte Aigron in tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. sig. A4 A man no less versed in the art of well-speaking then himself. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding Contents (heading) In them [sc. the connecting particles] consists the art of well speaking. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 209 Their value consists in well Speaking and true Action, in a just imitation of Nature. 1834 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond in Leigh Hunt's Jrnl. 13 Aug. 156/3 She is equally skilled both in well speaking and in holding her tongue. 1970 Hist. Educ. Q. 10 280 There were free public lectures..upon subjects which ranged from military architecture to cosmography..and the art of well-speaking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). well-speakingadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈspiːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈspikɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and speak v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., speak v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < well adv. + speak v. + -ing suffix². Compare later speaking adj. Now somewhat rare. Eloquent; using or characterized by pleasing or agreeable language or speech (sometimes with implication of insincerity or ulterior motive); well-spoken. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ 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 OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 43 Uultis esse uersipelles aut milleformes in mendaciis, astuti in loquelis, astuti, uersuti, bene loquentes et male cogitantes? : wille ge beon prættige oþþe þusenthiwe on leasungum, lytige on spræcum, onglæwlice, hindergepe, wel sprecende & yfele þencende? a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. iv. 10 I am not wele spekyng [L. eloquens]..I am of more latsom & of more slow tonge. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 42 A persone malicious and wele-spekinge. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 12534 To þe Emperour he þoughte to sende, Two erles þat were of noble lynage, & wel spekynge, of god langage. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 275 Men schuldyn on þe halyday seruyn God with herte, mouth & wark—with herte wel-þynkyng..with mout wel-spekynge. ?1528 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Bk. Distyllacyon (new ed.) ii. sig. x.i^v/1 It cawseth the heuy tongue to become lyght, & wel speking. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Pendu A smooth, glib, eloquent, or well speaking tongue. 1796 E. Wynne Diary 29 July in Wynne Diaries (1935) II. viii. 114 He was a cunning well speaking fellow. 1859 Lit. Gaz. 11 June 693/3 Let us..patiently rest on the well-speaking report, till we see what we shall see. 1871 All Year Round 8 Jan. 204/1 Some organs will literally make a church tremble, by the amazing power of well-speaking pipes thirty-two feet in length. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 41 Nor his well-speaking tongue, Might, this day, frame the Eporedian king. 1922 M. Johnson 1492 xxxviii. 276 Pedro de Terreros, a well-speaking man. 2006 P. Williams-Forson Building Houses out of Chicken Legs i. ii. 51 It belongs to someone who is quite possibly illiterate or not well-speaking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1511adj.OE
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