Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.

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Obscenity :: Obscenity (n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture..
Patois :: Patois (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause..
Idiotical :: Idiotical (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action..
Obloquy :: Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Causal :: Causal (n.) A causal word or form of speech.
Logaoedic :: Logaoedic (a.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.
Speechmaker :: Speechmaker (n.) One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Facundity :: Facundity (n.) Eloquence; readiness of speech.
Pauciloquent :: Pauciloquent (a.) Uttering few words; brief in speech.
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Grecianize :: Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech..
Schesis :: Schesis (n.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.
Effective :: Effective (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing..
Inarticulate :: Inarticulate (a.) Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words..
Parse :: Parse (n.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically..
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