chrysostomatic

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adjective

Eloquent.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

adjectivechrysostomatic (comparative more chrysostomatic, superlative most chrysostomatic)

comparative more chrysostomatic · superlative most chrysostomatic

  1. 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 128
    2 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 Dante

    And 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

  1. Ancient Greekχρυσός“gold”
  2. Englishchrysostomatic

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

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APA

chrysostomatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chrysostomatic

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Chicago

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