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Periphrase :: Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution..

Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

Us :: Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We..

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

Dentiloquy :: Dentiloquy (n.) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed..

Alloquy :: Alloquy (n.) A speaking to another; an address.

Londonism :: Londonism (n.) A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

Well-spoken :: Well-spoken (a.) Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.

Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).

Responsory :: Responsory (n.) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service..

Long-winded :: Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker..

Monotony :: Monotony (n.) A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing..

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..

Free-tongued :: Free-tongued (a.) Speaking without reserve.

Blasphemy :: Blasphemy (n.) An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity..

Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it..

Diversiloquent :: Diversiloquent (a.) Speaking in different ways.

Hither :: Hither (a.) Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill..

Boasting :: Boasting (n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.

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