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..
Clever :: Clever (a.) Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick..
Speech :: Speech (n.) Talk; mention; common saying.
Modest :: Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman..
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..
Eulogy :: Eulogy (n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth..
Cant :: Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation..
Semiimute :: Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Graceful :: Graceful (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech..
Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation..
Surdal :: Surd (n.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4..
Misspeech :: Misspeech (n.) Wrong speech.
Squib :: Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay..
Irreligious :: Irreligious (a.) Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech..
Speechful :: Speechful (a.) Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious.
Question :: Question (n.) Talk; conversation; speech; speech.
Tropist :: Tropist (n.) One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition..
Prude :: Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech..
Aphasy :: Aphasy (n.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain..
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