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

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