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speechifier|ˈspiːtʃɪfaɪə(r)|
Also 8 speechefyer, 9 speechifyer.
[f. speechify v.]
One who speechifies or delivers speeches; one given to, or having some aptitude for, public speaking.
1778Foote Trip Calais i. Wks. 1799 II. 331 The man is..a pretty good speechefyer. 1794C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 82 As an orator his parliamentary speeches prove him an inimitable, practical speechifier. 1819Monthly Mag. XLVIII. 307 He was no speechifier; but preferred talking over such business in a walk. 1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 322 (Mariner), Without which..our overweening public speechifyers..would lose at least one topic of oratorical lamentation. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 259 In all classes amongst us you will find a formidable number of professional chatterboxes and speechifiers. |