Definition of speech

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

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Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
Eulogy :: Eulogy (n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth..
Onomatopoeia :: Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire..
Hellenism :: Hellenism (n.) A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.
Reporter :: Reporter (n.) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers..
Hispanicism :: Hispanicism (n.) A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
Rapidity :: Rapidity (n.) The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement..
Rote :: Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote..
Slow :: Slow (superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue..
Speechification :: Speechification (n.) The act of speechifying.
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..
Honey-mouthed :: Honey-mouthed (a.) Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
Effective :: Effective (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment..
Latinism :: Latinism (n.) A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model..
Frame :: Frame (v. i.) To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech..
Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts 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..
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..
Pseudology :: Pseudology (n.) Falsehood of speech.
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