speechify
/ˈspiːt͡ʃɪfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify."
- "He never missed a chance of speechifying in public."
- "The home minister, Admiral Suetsugu, speechified grandly of a Japanese eminent domain beyond the seas, of a “moral purification drive” in the home islands."
- "Rodey McQueen speechified elegantly about the necessity for harmony."
- "They take their little enjoyments on little means and with little things and don't let solemn big-wigs stare them out of countenance or speechify them dull."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sprākī Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *sprāku Old English sprǣċ Old English spǣċ Middle English speche English speech Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English speechify From speech + -ify.