English Explanatory Dictionary

Trugrede

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Oratory designed to mislead its audience; a speech of deception
name
  1. Specifically, Ajax's monologue from lines 646–692 of Sophocles' play Ajax

Word forms

Trugrede Trugredes

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Trugrede, from Trug (“deception”) + Rede (“speech”).

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