Definitions for elocution

elocution el·o·cu·tion

Spelling: [el-uh-kyoo-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən/

Elocution is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 395 anagrams from letters in elocution (ceilnootu).

Definitions for elocution

noun

  1. a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public:
  2. the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.

Origin of elocution

1500-10; Latin ēlocūtiōn- (stem of ēlocūtiō) a speaking out, equivalent to ē- e-1 + locūtiōn- locution

Examples for elocution

I told her I was about to lecture and was on my way to take lessons in elocution.

There was no oratory about it, in the ordinary sense of that word; no graces of elocution.

I hated "elocution" drill in class, I relied on "inspiration."

elocution masters had said certainly not; but they had done him no good.

Prince Vasili himself, famed for his elocution, was to read it.

I had not seen Francis Ardry since the day I had seen him taking lessons in elocution.

Lafontaine had conviction and self-assurance, but his elocution was very bad for poetry.

I'll furnish the elocution if you'll bring the bombs and guns!

And Robert De Niro's Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull wasn't exactly the king of elocution.

He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.

Word Value for elocution
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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