About The Word Elocution
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Elocution
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What's The Definition Of Elocution?
[n] an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
Synonyms | Synonyms for Elocution: Related Terms | Find terms related to Elocution: accents | chatter | comment | conversation | debating | declamation | demagogism | discourse | eloquence | forensics | gab | homiletics | language | lecturing | oral communication | oratory | palaver | parole | platform oratory | prattle | public speaking | pyrotechnics | rabble-rousing | rapping | rhetoric | speaking | speech | speechcraft | speechification | speeching | speechmaking | stump speaking | talk | talking | wordcraft | words | yakkety-yak | yakking See Also | delivery | manner of speaking | speech Elocution In Webster's Dictionary \El`o*cu"tion\, n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus,
to speak out: cf. F. ['e]locution. See {Eloquent}.]
1. Utterance by speech. [R.]
[Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the
mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to
speak thy praise. --Milton.
2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of
intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or
reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. ``The
elocution of a reader.'' --Whately
3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent
diction. [Obs.]
To express these thoughts with elocution. --Dryden.
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