Elocution Definition

ĕlə-kyo͝oshən
noun
Style or manner of speaking or reading in public.
Webster's New World
The art of public speaking or declaiming.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Elocution

Noun

Singular:
elocution
Plural:
elocutions

Origin of Elocution

  • Middle English elocucioun from Latin ēlocūtiō ēlocūtiōn- from ēlocūtus past participle of ēloquī to speak out ē-, ex- ex- loquī to speak tolkw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Elocution Sentence Examples

  • I need more training in order to improve my elocution.

  • He possessed some oratorical ability and adopted a very theatrical style of elocution.

  • My elocution was greatly improved after I finished my public speaking course.

  • He was a student at the Harvard law school from 1837 to 1840, and from January 1839 to February 1840 he was also an instructor in elocution in the college.

  • With a patience foreign to his impulsive nature, he submitted to minute drill in elocution, and became a fluent extemporaneous speaker.

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Words Starting With

EELELO

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NONION

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