oratorical
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From orator or oratory + -ical, or else from Latin ōrātōrius.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɒɹəˈtɒɹɪkəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]oratorical (not comparable)
- of, or relating to oratory or an orator.
- A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff.
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 558:
- I reached up without thinking, actually a desperate oratorical gesture of disagreement and defiance.
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “oratorical”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.