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Declamatory

[dih-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Origin

de·clam·a·to·ry

[dih-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
1.
pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
2.
merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted: a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.

Origin:
1575–85; < Latin dēclāmātōrius, equivalent to dēclāmā(re) (see declaim) + -tōrius -tory1

non·de·clam·a·to·ry, adjective
su·per·de·clam·a·to·ry, adjective
un·de·clam·a·to·ry, adjective
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Declamatory has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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declamatory (dɪˈklæmətərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
1.  relating to or having the characteristics of a declamation
2.  merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic
 
declamatorily
 
adv

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declamatory
1580s, from L. declamatorius, from declamatorem, noun of action from declamare (see declaim).
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