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单词 speechifying
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speechifyingn.

/ˈspiːtʃɪfʌɪɪŋ/
Etymology: < speechify v.
1.
a. The action of making or delivering speeches; the practice of oratory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun]
declamation1552
public speaking1587
oratory1594
orationing1633
speeching1664
rostrum1690
speech-making1718
speechifying1723
speakinga1763
speechification1825
platforming1892
peroratory1903
1723 Briton No. 19. 84 He has an excellent Talent at Speechifying.
1762 S. Foote Orators i. 7 'Tis all brought about by his speechifying.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II Notes 122 Their little absurdities are as harmless as..maiden-speechifying.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. v. 123 Then came the feast, and afterwards the meeting, with music and speechifying in the church.
1884 Christian Commonw. 23 Oct. 20/3 The immense volume of speechifying during the recess, on both sides.
b. The action of speaking or talking, esp. in a formal manner or at excessive length.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > making long speeches
speechifying1777
1777 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 193 Richard,..after fine speechyfying, walked off.
1782 E. Blower George Bateman I. 21 I could stand and hear you talk all day long; to be sure you have a vast fine knack at speechifying.
1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe II. iii. 37 Come, what's past can't be helped, and I have no end of work to be done, so there's speechifying enough for once.
1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 131 ‘No more speechifying, Morris,’ shouted the overseer. ‘Let us haste to the rescue.’
2. An instance or occasion of public speaking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > an instance or occasion of
speech-making1835
speechifying1843
1843 F. E. Paget Warden of Berkingholt 77 Nothing is to be done without platforms, and meetings, and speechifyings.
1852 H. Newland Lect. Tractarianism 28 The meetings and the speechifyings and the hard words.
1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 41 91 A demonstration, a feasting, a speechifying, and a concert all rolled into one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

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ˈspeechifying
ˈspeechifying adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adjective] > making a speech
speechinga1734
oratorical1801
speechifying1803
1803 J. Foster Let. 18 Mar. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 247 The man who has just conquered his speechifying antagonist.
1826 M. Edgeworth Thoughts on Bores in Janus 65 Of the common parliamentary bore there be two orders: the silent, and the..speechifying.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 277 There was also..a Mrs. Harden, speechifying and civil, and a Miss Harden, her daughter, civiller still.
extracted from speechifyv.
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n.1723
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