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Definition of peroration - 3 dictionary results

per⋅o⋅ra⋅tion

  [per-uh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
2. Rhetoric. the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L perōrātiōn- (s. of perōrātiō) the closing of a speech. See perorate, -ion

Related forms:
per⋅o⋅ra⋅tion⋅al, per⋅o⋅ra⋅tive, adjective
per⋅or⋅a⋅tor⋅i⋅cal  [puh-rawr-uh-tawr-i-kuhl, -ror-uh-tor-] , adjective
per⋅or⋅a⋅tor⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
per⋅or⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [puh-rawr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -ror-] , noun
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per·o·rate   (pěr'ə-rāt')   
intr.v.   per·o·rat·ed, per·o·rat·ing, per·o·rates

  1. To conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation.

  2. To speak at great length, often in a grandiloquent manner; declaim.


[Latin perōrāre, perōrāt- : per-, per- + ōrāre, to speak.]
per'o·ra'tion n., per'o·ra'tion·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

peroration 
c.1440, from L. perorationem (nom. peroratio) "the ending of a speech or argument of a case," from peroratus, pp. of perorare "argue a case to the end, bring a speech to a close," from per- "to the end" + orare "to speak, plead" (see orator).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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