— declaimer , n.
/di klaym"/ , v.i.
1. to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
2. to inveigh (usually fol. by against ): He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
3. to speak or write for oratorical effect, as without sincerity or sound argument.
v.t.
4. to utter aloud in an oratorical manner: to declaim a speech.
[ 1350-1400; ME declamen declamare, equiv. to de- DE- + clamare to cry, shout; see CLAIM ]