/di klam"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.
1. pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
2. merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted: a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.
[ 1575-85; declamatorius, equiv. to declama ( re ) (see DECLAIM) + -torius -TORY 1 ]