| 单词 |
tolutation |
| 释义 |
† toluˈtation Obs. rare.
Also toll-.
[f. stem of L. tolūtim adv. ‘at a trot’ + -ation; cf. tolutārius adj. trotting.]
prop. Trotting; but used by Sir T. Browne, Butler, and others, for ‘ambling’; in later use only as a humorous pedantry. So † toˈlutate (toll-) v. intr. (humorous), to trot (or amble); † toluˈtiloquence (rare—0) [L. tolūtiloquentia], talking ‘at a trot’, voluble speech.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. vi. 193 Whether they move per latera, that is, two legs of one side together, which is Tollutation or ambling; or per diametrum,..which is Succussation or trotting. 1656Blount Glossogr., Tolutation.., an ambling pace, a going easie... Tolutiloquence.., a smooth or nimble kinde of speaking. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 47 They rode, but Authors having not Determined whether Pace or Trot (That is to say, whether Tollutation, As they do term 't, or Succussation) We leave it, and go on. 1755Johnson, Tolutation, the act of pacing or ambling. 1796R. L. Edgeworth in Life (1821) II. 153 You compose in your chaise, and I on horseback, which..is the reason why your lines roll so smoothly, and mine partake so much of Tolutation. 1803Fessenden Terrible Tractoration 39 We'll jog along in plain narration; And tollutate o'er turnpike path. |
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