Rhetoric is the art of using words well when speaking or writing.
(noun)See rhetoric in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME rethorike < OFr or L: OFr rethorique < L rhetorica < Gr rhētorikē (technē), rhetorical (art) < rhētōr, orator: see rhetor
See rhetoric in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English rethorik
Origin: , from Old French rethorique
Origin: , from Latin rhētoricē, rhētorica
Origin: , from Greek rhētorikē (tekhnē), rhetorical (art)
Origin: , feminine of rhētorikos, rhetorical
Origin: , from rhētōr, rhetor; see rhetor
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