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Webster 1913 Edition


Speechifying

Speech′i-fyˊing

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Noun.
The act of making a speech or speeches.
[Used derisively or humorously.]
The dinner and
speechifying
. . . at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds.
M. Arnold.

Definition 2024


speechifying

speechifying

English

Verb

speechifying

  1. present participle of speechify

Noun

speechifying (plural speechifyings)

  1. The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory.
  2. The act of speaking, especially at excessive length.