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Synonyms for elocution
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : el-uh-kyoo-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən |
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Définition of elocution
Origin :- mid-15c., from Late Latin elocutionem (nominative elocutio) "voice production, manner of expression," in classical Latin, "oratorical expression," noun of action from past participle stem of eloqui "speak out" (see eloquence).
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- Lafontaine had conviction and self-assurance, but his elocution was very bad for poetry.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I told her I was about to lecture and was on my way to take lessons in elocution.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- I'll furnish the elocution if you'll bring the bombs and guns!
- Extract from : « Rippling Rhymes » by Walt Mason
- I had not seen Francis Ardry since the day I had seen him taking lessons in elocution.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- There was no oratory about it, in the ordinary sense of that word; no graces of elocution.
- Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
- Prince Vasili himself, famed for his elocution, was to read it.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- Elocution masters had said certainly not; but they had done him no good.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I hated "elocution" drill in class, I relied on "inspiration."
- Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- It improves a boy's elocution a great deal more than driving oxen.
- Extract from : « Being a Boy » by Charles Dudley Warner
- His elocution was handsome, his address easy, polite, and insinuating.
- Extract from : « The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 (of 5) » by John Marshall
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