Declamatory+speech
61Senecan tragedy — ▪ drama body of nine closet dramas (closet drama) (i.e., plays intended to be read rather than performed), written in blank verse by the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca in the (Seneca, Lucius Annaeus) 1st century AD. Rediscovered by Italian… …
62Sermisy, Claudin de — ▪ French singer and composer also called Claude born c. 1490 died Oct. 13, 1562, Paris singer and composer who, with his contemporary Clément Janequin (Janequin, Clément), was one of the leading composers of chansons (part songs) in the… …
63Ode: Intimations of Immortality — For the musical work by Gerald Finzi, see Intimations of Immortality. Poem s title page from 1815 collection of Poems Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood (also known as Ode, Immortality Ode or Great Ode) is a… …
64fluent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flowing, graceful, voluble. See elegance, loquacity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Flowing] Syn. fluid, easy, graceful; see flowing . 2. [Capable of speaking easily] Syn. eloquent, articulate, voluble …
65fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
66orotund — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. resounding sonorous, booming, resonant, projecting, stentorian, reverberating, thundering, powerful, mighty, rich. 2. grandiose in speech pompous, bombastic, fustian, bloated, grandiloquent. see oration, voice… …
67parlando — [pα: landəʊ] adverb & adjective Music (with reference to singing) expressive or declamatory in the manner of speech. Origin Ital., lit. speaking …
68bombastic — bom•bas•tic [[t]bɒmˈbæs tɪk[/t]] adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) pompous; high flown • Etymology: 1695–1705 bom•bas′ti•cal•ly, adv. syn: bombastic, flowery, pretentious all describe a use of language more elaborate than is justified by or… …
69flowery — [adj] ornate, especially referring to speech or writing aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, embellished, euphemistic, euphuistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high flown, magniloquent, ornamented, overwrought, prolix,… …
70rhetorical — [adj] wordy; flowery in speech articulate, aureate, bombastic, declamatory, eloquent, embellished, euphuistic, exaggerated, flamboyant, flashy*, florid, fluent, glib*, grand, grandiloquent, grandiose, high flown, hyperbolic, imposing, inflated,… …
