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peroration

[ per-uh-rey-shuhn ]

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noun

a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
Rhetoric. the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.

peroration

/ ˌpɛrəˈreɪʃən /

rhetoric the conclusion of a speech or discourse, in which points made previously are summed up or recapitulated, esp with greater emphasis

pero·ration·al pero·rative adjective
per·or·a·tor·i·cal [p, uh, -rawr-, uh, -, tawr, -i-k, uh, l, -ror-, uh, -, tor, -], adjective
per·ora·tori·cal·ly adverb
per·or·a·to·ry [p, uh, -, rawr, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -, ror, -], noun

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin perōrātiōn- (stem of perōrātiō ) the closing of a speech. See perorate, -ion

C15: from Latin perōrātiō, from perōrāre, from per- (thoroughly) + orāre to speak

Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.

So it came that I struggled to my crutches and broke rudely in on Perry Thomas's peroration.

Mr Aldis counselled him not to learn his speeches, but to write out and commit to memory certain passages and the peroration.

I was very much in earnest, and I waited with nervous trepidation to see the effect of my peroration.

Orso, though secretly somewhat annoyed by her peroration, was too much alarmed to reprove her, even in the mildest fashion.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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