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noun
1.
a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor's elocution is faultless.
2.
the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.
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Elocution
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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- Every once in a while one experiences a film so perfect in its elocution that it is not forgotten.
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Word Origin & History
elocution
c.1500, from L.L. elocutionem (nom. elocutio) "voice production, manner of expression," in classical L. "oratorical expression," from eloqui "speak out."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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