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Theme :: Theme (n.) Discourse on a certain subject.

Colloquialism :: Colloquialism (n.) A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing..

Magniloquence :: Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

Common :: Common (v. i.) To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

Exordium :: Exordium (n.) A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration..

Onology :: Onology (n.) Foolish discourse.

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..

Address :: Address (v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters..

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Hang :: Hang (n.) Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse..

Dissertator :: Dissertator (n.) One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.

Dermatologist :: Dermatologist (n.) One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.

Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..

Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty..

Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. t.) To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..

Imagery :: Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Eulogistical :: Eulogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse..

Tale :: Tale (v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker..

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