peroration

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Adopted from the Latin perorare (“the winding up of a speech”).

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• IPA: /pɛrɒ'reıʃǝn/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

peroration (plural perorations)

1. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
2. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part II, act 1, sc. 1:

     Nephew, what means this passionate discourse,

     This peroration with such circumstance?

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