Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oratiuncle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oratiun-cle
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

short speech or oration

Example Sentences

"As he was his friends chief Advocate he thinks it his duty to become Oratour, therefore in two or three ſhort and ſweet oratiuncles (each of which might have been Printed by F. S. for a Speech of a Noble Peer of the Realm) he exhorts them to make the ſame worthy choiſe […]"
"[…] one or other of the two had risen, and in a short, plain, unvarnished oratiuncle, told the company that the thing must be done, and why […]"
"I was persuaded to go up the tower & propose his health in a French oratiuncle, visited the exhibitions, and made the speeches."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiuncula, from ōrātiō (“speech”) + -uncula (feminine diminutive suffix).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ōrātiuncula

Inflected Forms

oratiuncles (plural)

Questions

What does oratiuncle mean?: short speech or oration
Where does oratiuncle come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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