English Explanatory Dictionary

peroration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
  2. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.

Pronunciation

/pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-peroration.wav

Word forms

peroration perorations

Etymology

From Latin perōrō (“to speak at length, to conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“to speak, to orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō).

Related words

oration

Derived words

perorational

Translations

Bulgarian: резюме French: péroraison German: Zusammenfassung German: Redeschluss Ancient Greek: ἐπίλογος Occitan: perorason Swedish: sammanfattning
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