英语词汇cant的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

cant. Cant, for “a whining manner of speech or pious hypo- critical talk,” surely derives from the Latin cantare, “to sing or chant.” Yet some evidence indicates that the word’s meaning may have been influenced by the unpopularity of a Scottish preacher named Andrew Cant (1590–1663). In fact, the Spec tator tried to trace cant to the Reverend Cant in an article writ- ten in 1711, observing that he talked “in the pulpit in such a dialect that it’s said he was understood by none but his own Congregation, and not by all of them.” Most dictionaries do not recognize the connection between the preacher’s name and cant—the usual explanation being that the word evolved from the Latin cantare, in reference to the whining speech of beggars. But there seems to be enough evidence to indicate that Reverend Andrew Cant’s unpopularity at least strength- ened the word’s meaning.

词汇	cant
词源	cant. Cant, for “a whining manner of speech or pious hypo- critical talk,” surely derives from the Latin cantare, “to sing or chant.” Yet some evidence indicates that the word’s meaning may have been influenced by the unpopularity of a Scottish preacher named Andrew Cant (1590–1663). In fact, the Spec tator tried to trace cant to the Reverend Cant in an article writ- ten in 1711, observing that he talked “in the pulpit in such a dialect that it’s said he was understood by none but his own Congregation, and not by all of them.” Most dictionaries do not recognize the connection between the preacher’s name and cant—the usual explanation being that the word evolved from the Latin cantare, in reference to the whining speech of beggars. But there seems to be enough evidence to indicate that Reverend Andrew Cant’s unpopularity at least strength- ened the word’s meaning.
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