declamatory

UK: /dɪˈklæmətəri/

US: /dɪˈklæməˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri/

US: (di klam′ə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē)

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de•clam•a•to•ry  (di klam′ə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē), adj. 

1. Rhetoric pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
2. Rhetoric merely oratorical or rhetorical;
   stilted:
   a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.

• Latin dēclāmātōrius, equivalent. to dēclāmā(re) (see declaim) + -tōrius -tory¹
• 1575–85

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declamatory / dɪˈklæmətərɪ -trɪ/ adjective

1. relating to or having the characteristics of a declamation
2. merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic

deˈclamatorily adverb

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de•claim /dɪˈkleɪm/   v. 

1. Rhetoric to speak aloud while, or as if, making a formal speech: [no object]
   Marc Antony declaimed over the body of Caesar.
   [ ~ + obj ]:
   He declaimed a speech.

de•claim•er, n. [countable]
dec•la•ma•tion /ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən/  n. 

[uncountable] much declamation.

[countable] a very lengthy declamation.

de•clam•a•to•ry /dɪˈklæməˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri/  adj.: 

a declamatory way of speaking.

See -claim-.

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de•claim  (di klām′), v.i. 

1. Rhetoric to speak aloud in an oratorical manner;
   make a formal speech:
   Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
2. Rhetoric to inveigh (usually fol. by against):
   He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
3. Rhetoric to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument.

v.t. 

4. Rhetoric to utter aloud in an oratorical manner:
   to declaim a speech.

• Latin dēclāmāre, equivalent. to dē- de- + clāmāre to cry, shout; see claim
• Middle English declamen 1350–1400

de•claim′er, n.