Elocutionary

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to elocution.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to elocution.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
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  • adjective. of or relating to elocution
  • adjective. (used of style of speaking) overly embellished
  • Word Usage
    "One should hasten to say, however, that over-nicety in enunciation, pedantic exactness, obtrusive "elocutionary" excellence, or any sort of labored or affected effort should be carefully guarded against."
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