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speechifyings

speechifyings is the plural of speechifying.

Meaning of speechifying

Noun

speechifying (plural speechifyings)

  1. The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory.
  2. The act of speaking, especially at excessive length.
    • "I thank you," said Lorraine, "for reinforcing my favourite theory, which maintains that a love of talking is the great feature of the present time. Steam is not half so much its characteristic as speechifying."1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 174

Questions about speechifyings

What is speechifyings the plural of?
Speechifyings is the plural of speechifying.

Words near speechifyings in the dictionary

  1. speechifier
  2. speechifiers
  3. speechifies
  4. speechify
  5. speechifying
  6. speechifyings
  7. speeching
  8. speechings
  9. speechless
  10. speechlessly
  11. speechlessness

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