Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

declamatory

/dɪˈklæmətɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: declam-a-to-ry
IPA: /dɪˈklæmətɹi/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of a declamation.

adj

Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.

Example Sentences

"He is described as having spoken for nearly an hour with great confidence in a highly declamatory tone, and with studied action, impressing all present who had ever heard of Cicero or Hortensius with the belief that he had worked himself up into the notion of being one or both of them for the occasion."
"Behind him an excitable Frenchman was holding forth in declamatory style to a group of astonished residents."

Etymology

Equivalent to declaim + -atory.

Word Breakdown

Root: *kelh₁-
Suffix: declaim

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈklæmətɹi/

Inflected Forms

more declamatory (comparative) most declamatory (superlative)

Derived Forms

declamatoriness undeclamatory

Synonyms

bombastic large orotund tumid turgid

Questions

How do you pronounce declamatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈklæmətɹi/.
What does declamatory mean?: Having the quality of a declamation.
Where does declamatory come from?: Equivalent to declaim + -atory.

How to pronounce declamatory

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