Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) Talk; mention; common saying.

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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..
Altiloquent :: Altiloquent (a.) High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Vein :: Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein..
Flower :: Flower (n.) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
Bunkum :: Bunkum (n.) Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show..
Speechifying :: Speechifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speechif.
Vocal :: Vocal (n.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal..
Honey-mouthed :: Honey-mouthed (a.) Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
Accent :: Accent (n.) expressions in general; speech.
Utterance :: Utterance (n.) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
Turcism :: Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom..
Tumultuous :: Tumultuous (a.) Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white..
Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute..
Garb :: Garb (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech..
Interjection :: Interjection (n.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation..
Gag :: Gag (n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion..
Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..
Pathopoela :: Pathopoela (n.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion..
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