Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Compliment :: Compliment (n.) An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend..
Pasilaly :: Pasilaly (n.) A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.
Babble :: Babble (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
Postprandial :: Postprandial (a.) Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches..
Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..
Dotery :: Dotery (n.) The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.
Panegyrize :: Panegyrize (v. t.) To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself..
Mealy-mouthed :: Mealy-mouthed (a.) Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
Phonology :: Phonology (n.) The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
Turcism :: Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom..
Grecianize :: Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech..
Hesitation :: Hesitation (n.) A faltering in speech; stammering.
Misspeech :: Misspeech (n.) Wrong speech.
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
Report :: Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker..
Languageless :: Languageless (a.) Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.
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