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< declaim

declamatory >

dec·la·ma·tion

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n) KEY

NOUN:

A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
1. Vehement oratory.
2. A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English declamacioun, from Latin dclmti, dclmtin-, from dclmtus, past participle of dclmre, to declaim ; see declaim

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