Thursday, February 2, 2012

Word of the Day 2-2-2012

Peroration:
1. A long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
2. Rhetoric.  The concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
 
Origin:
Peroration  comes from the Latin word perōrātiōn  which meant "a closing speech."

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