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单词 perorated
释义

perorate

verb

per·​o·​rate ˈper-ə-ˌrāt How to pronounce perorate (audio)
 also  ˈpər-
perorated; perorating

intransitive verb

1
: to deliver a long or grandiloquent oration
2
: to make a peroration

Synonyms

  • declaim
  • discourse
  • harangue
  • mouth (off)
  • orate
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Example Sentences

an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters
Recent Examples on the Web As a black spiritual hums on the soundtrack, Hooded Justice perorates about the legacy of being the victim—not the complicit or recruited perpetrator—of violence:My mama played the piano right over there. Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare to declaim at length, wind up an oration, from per- through + orare to speak — more at per-, oration

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1

perorated

verb

past tense of perorate
as in harangued
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • harangued
  • orated
  • spoke
  • preached
  • discoursed
  • announced
  • mouthed (off)
  • talked
  • advertised
  • raved
  • lectured
  • declaimed
  • pronounced
  • proclaimed
  • sermonized
  • bloviated
  • declared
  • ranted
  • broadcast
  • blew
  • broadcasted
  • speechified
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