facound

Middle English

Alternative forms

• facounde

Etymology

From Latin facundia. See facund.

Noun

facound (uncountable)

1. speech; eloquence
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Reeve's Tale", Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere ms:

     Though she were wise Pallas, dar I seyn / Hir facound eek ful wommanly and pleyn, / No countrefeted termes hadde she / To seme wys, but after hir degree / She spak […]

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