Meanings
comparative more chrysostomatic · superlative most chrysostomatic
- literaryrareEloquent.
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 1282 more examples
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 DanteAnd now, in the moment, these chrysostomatic longings were brought asunder before they could even take full shape, to be replaced by the frothing image of the maniacal pep-rally that was Millius Chiliastic.
2002, Thor Mednick, Three Zeroes, page 40
Origin
- Ancient Greekχρυσός“gold”
- Englishchrysostomatic
From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
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