'Elocution' definitions:
Definition of 'elocution'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
Definition of 'Elocution'
From: GCIDE
- Elocution \El`o*cu"tion\, n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. ['e]locution. See Eloquent.]
- 1. Utterance by speech. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- [Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." --Whately [1913 Webster]
- 3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To express these thoughts with elocution. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elocution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accents,
- chatter,
- comment,
- conversation,
- debating,
- declamation,
- demagogism,
- discourse,
- eloquence,
- forensics,
- gab,
- homiletics,
- language,
- lecturing,
- oral communication,
- oratory,
- palaver,
- parole,
- platform oratory,
- prattle,
- public speaking,
- pyrotechnics,
- rabble-rousing,
- rapping,
- rhetoric,
- speaking,
- speech,
- speechcraft,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- speechmaking,
- stump speaking,
- talk,
- talking,
- wordcraft,
- words,
- yakkety-yak,
- yakking