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declamatory

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de⋅clam⋅a⋅to⋅ry

  [di-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
2. merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted: a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.
Origin:
1575–85; < L dēclāmātōrius, equiv. to dēclāmā(re) (see declaim ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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de·clam·a·to·ry   (dĭ-klām'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  

  1. Having the quality of a declamation.

  2. Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.

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