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exordium

N การ เริ่มต้น  บทนำ  preface introduction

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXORDIUM

n.plu. exordiums. [L. from exodior; ex and ordior, to begin. See Order. ] In oratory, the beginning; the introductory part of a discourse, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the preface or proemial part of a composition. The exordium may be formal and deliberate, or abrupt and vehement, according to the nature of the subject and occasion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXORDIUM

Ex *or "di *um, n.; pl. E. Exordiums, L. Exordia. Etym: [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order. ]

 

Defn: A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance. " Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exordium

ex or di um |igˈzôrdēəm, ikˈsôr -ɪɡˈzɔrdiəm | noun ( pl. exordiums or exordia |-dēə | ) formal the beginning or introductory part, esp. of a discourse or treatise. DERIVATIVES ex or di al |-dēəl |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, from exordiri begin, from ex- out, from + ordiri begin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

exordium

exordium |ɪgˈzɔːdɪəm, ɛg- | noun ( pl. exordiums or exordia |-dɪə | ) formal the beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise. DERIVATIVES exordial adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, from exordiri begin , from ex- out, from + ordiri begin .

 

Duden Dictionary

Exordium

Ex or di um Substantiv, Neutrum Rhetorik , das |Ex o rdium |das Exordium; Genitiv: des Exordiums, Plural: die Exordia lateinisch ; »Anfang, Einleitung «[kunstgerechte ] Einleitung [einer Rede ]