Associations to the word «Elocutionary»

Wiktionary

ELOCUTIONARY, adjective. Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical

Dictionary definition

ELOCUTIONARY, adjective. Of or relating to elocution; "elocutionary recitals".
ELOCUTIONARY, adjective. (used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery".

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway