— perorational, perorative , adj. — peroratorical /peuh rawr'euh tawr"i keuhl, -ror'euh tor"-/ , adj. — peroratorically , adv. — peroratory /peuh rawr"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, -ror"-/ , n.
/per'euh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
1. a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
2. Rhet. the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
[ 1400-50; late ME peroration- (s. of peroratio ) the closing of a speech. See PERORATE, -ION ]