elocution

nounarticulation

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Synonyms for elocution

noun articulation

Antonyms for elocution

quiet
silence
inarticulation
mispronouncement

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Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Late Latin elocutionem (nominative elocutio) "voice production, manner of expression," in classical Latin, "oratorical expression," noun of action from past participle stem of eloqui "speak out" (see eloquence).

Example Sentences for elocution

Lafontaine had conviction and self-assurance, but his elocution was very bad for poetry.

I told her I was about to lecture and was on my way to take lessons in elocution.

I'll furnish the elocution if you'll bring the bombs and guns!

I had not seen Francis Ardry since the day I had seen him taking lessons in elocution.

There was no oratory about it, in the ordinary sense of that word; no graces of elocution.

Prince Vasili himself, famed for his elocution, was to read it.

Elocution masters had said certainly not; but they had done him no good.

I hated "elocution" drill in class, I relied on "inspiration."

It improves a boy's elocution a great deal more than driving oxen.

His elocution was handsome, his address easy, polite, and insinuating.

elocution

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enunciation

oratory

pronunciation

public speaking

rhetoric

speech

speeches

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