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oratorical

/ˌɒɹəˈtɒɹɪkəl/

oratorical adjective: of, or relating to oratory or an orator.

Adjective

oratorical (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to oratory or an orator.
    • A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff.
    • The rest were looking at Coker curiously. It was the first time they had heard him in one of his oratorical moods.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 204

oratorical meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

oratorical in Bengali

বক্তৃতা সংক্রান্ত, বাগ্মিতাপূর্ণ

oratorical in Malayalam

വാഗ്വൈഭവമുള്ള, പ്രസംഗവിഷയകമായ

Origin of oratorical

From orator or oratory + -ical, or else from Latin ōrātōrius.

Words formed from oratorical

Questions about oratorical

What does oratorical mean?
Oratorical means of, or relating to oratory or an orator.
What is oratorical in Bengali?
Oratorical in Bengali is বক্তৃতা সংক্রান্ত, বাগ্মিতাপূর্ণ. See Oratorical meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is oratorical?
Oratorical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce oratorical?
Oratorical is pronounced /ˌɒɹəˈtɒɹɪkəl/.

Words near oratorical in the dictionary

  1. oratorial
  2. oratorially
  3. oratorian
  4. oratorians
  5. oratoric
  6. oratorical
  7. oratorically
  8. oratories
  9. oratorio
  10. Oratorio de Concepción
  11. oratorios

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oratorical (page history and authors); oratorical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oratorical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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