ELOCUTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("elocution" is a kind of...):

delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)

Derivation:

elocute (declaim in an elocutionary manner)

elocutionary ((used of style of speaking) overly embellished)

elocutionary (of or relating to elocution)

elocutionist (a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery)