Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect..

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Sputterer :: Sputter (n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech..
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Facundity :: Facundity (n.) Eloquence; readiness of speech.
Voice :: Voice (n.) Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice..
Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Trumpet-tongued :: Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
Report :: Report (v. t.) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc..
Telephone :: Telephone (n.) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance..
Eulogistical :: Eulogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument..
Consolatory :: Consolatory (n.) That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.
Remark :: Remark (n.) The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark..
Form :: Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms..
Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..
Tongue-tied :: Tongue-tied (a.) Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum..
Infelicity :: Infelicity (n.) That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech..
Squib :: Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay..
Honey-mouthed :: Honey-mouthed (a.) Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
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