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Webster 1913 Edition


Declamatory

De-clam′a-to-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
declamatorius
: cf. F.
déclamatoire
.]
1.
Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician;
as, a
declamatory
theme
.
2.
Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy;
as, a
declamatory
way or style
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Declamatory

DECLAM'ATORY

, a.

Definition 2024


declamatory

declamatory

English

Adjective

declamatory (comparative more declamatory, superlative most declamatory)

  1. having the quality of a declamation.
  2. pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.