Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Daniel Waterland (1683–1740), theologian. From rhetoricate + -ing.
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Saltmarsh (d. 1647), preacher and religious controversialist. From rhetoricate + -ing.
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