declamatory

[ dih-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. pertaining to or characterized by declamation.

  2. merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted: a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.

Origin of declamatory

1
1575–85; <Latin dēclāmātōrius, equivalent to dēclāmā(re) (see declaim) + -tōrius-tory1

Other words from declamatory

  • non·de·clam·a·to·ry, adjective
  • su·per·de·clam·a·to·ry, adjective
  • un·de·clam·a·to·ry, adjective

Words Nearby declamatory

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How to use declamatory in a sentence

  • He had never made a speech in his life, and had no sort of confidence in his declamatory powers.

    Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen

British Dictionary definitions for declamatory

declamatory

/ (dɪˈklæmətərɪ, -trɪ) /


adjective
  1. relating to or having the characteristics of a declamation

  2. merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic

Derived forms of declamatory

  • declamatorily, adverb

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