elocution
The art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice) and usage.
Related words
- elocutioner
- elocutionize
- elocutio
- elocutionarily
- elocutionary
- elocutionist
- elocutive
Word history
From Latin "elocutio" (ēlocutiōnem).
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