peroration

[ 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 of peroration

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin perōrātiōn- (stem of perōrātiō) the closing of a speech. See perorate, -ion

Other words from peroration

  • 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-], /pəˌrɔr əˈtɔr ɪ kəl, -ˌrɒr əˈtɒr-/, adjective
  • per·or·a·tor·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • per·or·a·to·ry [puh-rawr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -ror-], /pəˈrɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈrɒr-/, noun

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How to use peroration in a sentence

  • Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • So it came that I struggled to my crutches and broke rudely in on Perry Thomas's peroration.

  • Mr Aldis counselled him not to learn his speeches, but to write out and commit to memory certain passages and the peroration.

  • I was very much in earnest, and I waited with nervous trepidation to see the effect of my peroration.

  • Orso, though secretly somewhat annoyed by her peroration, was too much alarmed to reprove her, even in the mildest fashion.

    Columba | Prosper Merimee

British Dictionary definitions for peroration

peroration

/ (ˌpɛrəˈreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. rhetoric the conclusion of a speech or discourse, in which points made previously are summed up or recapitulated, esp with greater emphasis

Origin of peroration

1
C15: from Latin perōrātiō, from perōrāre, from per- (thoroughly) + orāre to speak

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