English Dictionary: declamatory | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for declamatory | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Declamatory \De*clam"a*to*ry\, a. [L. declamatorius: cf. F. d[82]clamatoire.] 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. |