DECLAMATION


Meaning of DECLAMATION in English

/dek'leuh may"sheuhn/ , n.

1. the act or art of declaiming.

2. exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.

3. speech or writing for oratorical effect.

4. Music. the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.

[ 1350-1400; declamation- (s. of declamatio ), equiv. to declamat ( us ) (ptp. of declamare to DECLAIM; see -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .