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Definition of Speechifying
1. n. The act of making a speech or speeches.
Definition of Speechifying
1. Verb. (present participle of speechify) ¹
2. Noun. The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory. ¹
3. Noun. The act of speaking, especially at excessive length. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speechifying
1. speechify [v] - See also: speechify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speechifying
Literary usage of Speechifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Run Through the United States, During the Autumn of 1840 by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1841)
"... Poet—Dinner at Harvard College—Toast giving and speechifying —Horrors of being
called up before a Phalanx of Professors of Eloquence—Collegiate Song. ..."
2. A Tour in Ireland;: With Meditations and Reflections. by James Johnson (1844)
"In a reformed Parliament of this kind, all discussion and speechifying should be
strictly prohibited. When a law is proposed and seconded, let it be put to ..."
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