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chrysostomatic

chrysostomatic adjective: eloquent.

Adjective

chrysostomatic (comparative more chrysostomatic, superlative most chrysostomatic)

  1. (literary, rare) Eloquent.
    • The poem in its most densely foliated aspect is oriented toward authority, it is most resonantly rustling, most concertante just when it is caressed by dogma, by canon, by the firm chrysostomatic word.(Can we date this quote?), Osip Mandelstam, translated by Clarence Brown and Robert Hughes, Conversation about Dante
    • And sink me, to quote the chrysostomatic Thicknesse, if I am not confusing æsthetics with ethics like any child of an age not exceeding six months.1903, St. John Lucas, The Absurd Repentance, page 128

Forms of chrysostomatic

comparativemore chrysostomatic
superlativemost chrysostomatic

Origin of chrysostomatic

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Questions about chrysostomatic

What does chrysostomatic mean?
Chrysostomatic means eloquent.
What part of speech is chrysostomatic?
Chrysostomatic is an adjective.

Words near chrysostomatic in the dictionary

  1. chrysorhamnine
  2. chrysosperm
  3. chrysosporia
  4. chrysosporium
  5. Chrysostom
  6. chrysostomatic
  7. chrysostomic
  8. chrysotannin
  9. chrysotannins
  10. chrysotherapeutic
  11. chrysotherapies

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