“dicacity”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dicacity

释义

dicacity Obs. or arch.|dɪˈkæsɪtɪ|
[f. L. dicāx, dicāc-em, sarcastic (f. dic- stem of dīcĕre to say, speak) + -ity.]
A jesting or mocking habit of speech; raillery, banter; pertness. (Sometimes after L. dīcĕre: Talkativeness, babbling.)
1592Bacon Confer. Pleasure (1870) 8 Vespasian, a man exceedinglie giuen to the humor of dicacitie and iesting.1637Heywood Dial. iv. Wks. 1874 VI. 185 His quicke dicacitie Would evermore be taunting my voracitie.a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 133 Lucilius, a centurion, in Tacitus Annal. lib. 1, had a scornful name given him by the military dicacity of his own company.1751Byrom Enthusiasm Poems 1773 II. 23 To remit the freedom of inquiry..for their dicacity.1840New Monthly Mag. LX. 55 Between human eloquence, and the dicacity of the parrot..there is all the difference in the world.

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