Definition of speech

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

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Ungraceful :: Ungraceful (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech..
Interspeech :: Interspeech (n.) A speech interposed between others.
Trope :: Trope (n.) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech..
Blandiloquence :: Blandiloquence (n.) Mild, flattering speech..
Panegyrize :: Panegyrize (v. t.) To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
Expression :: Expression (n.) A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression..
Hum :: Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Insult :: Insult (v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity..
Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..
Haw :: Haw (n.) An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made..
Epanodos :: Epanodos (n.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse orde.
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Letter :: Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language..
Hesitant :: Hesitant (a.) Unready in speech.
Flattering :: Flattering (a.) That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech..
Speech :: Speech (n.) formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
Verb :: Verb (n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action..
Speechmaker :: Speechmaker (n.) One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.
Turcism :: Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom..
Sign :: Sign (n.) To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify..
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