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elocutionist

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el⋅o⋅cu⋅tion

  [el-uh-kyoo-shuhn]
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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.
Origin:
1500–10; < L ēlocūtiōn- (s. of ēlocūtiō) a speaking out, equiv. to ē- e- + locūtiōn- locution

Related forms:
el⋅o⋅cu⋅tion⋅ar⋅y  [el-uh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee] , adjective
el⋅o⋅cu⋅tion⋅ist, noun
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el·o·cu·tion   (ěl'ə-kyōō'shən)   
n.  

  1. The art of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized.

  2. A style or manner of speaking, especially in public.


[Middle English elocucioun, from Latin ēlocūtiō, ēlocūtiōn-, from ēlocūtus, past participle of ēloquī, to speak out : ē-, ex-, ex- + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
el'o·cu'tion·ar'y (-shə-něr'ē) adj., el'o·cu'tion·ist n.
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Word Origin & History

elocution 
1509, from L.L. elocutionem (nom. elocutio) "voice production, manner of expression," in classical L. "oratorical expression," from eloqui "speak out."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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