peroration
English
Etymology
From Latin perōrō (“I speak at length, I conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“I speak, I orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō).
Pronunciation
Noun
peroration (countable and uncountable, plural perorations)
- 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.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
- This passage is virtually the peroration of the Ethics; the few paragraphs that follow are concerned with the transition to politics.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 480:
- The young man achieved perfect timing, for the last word of his peroration coincided with the muffled clap of the doors closing, after having launched the coffin onto the rails of a subterranean railway.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
- A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
- c. 1598 William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part II, act 1, scene 1:
- Nephew, what means this passionate discourse,
- This peroration with such circumstance?
- c. 1598 William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part II, act 1, scene 1:
Related terms
Translations
conclusion of a discourse
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