Definition of Elocutions

1. Noun. (plural of elocution) ¹

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Definition of Elocutions

1. elocution [n] - See also: elocution

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elocutions

elmwood
elmwoods
elmy
elne
elning
elocation
elocular
elocute
elocuted
elocutes
elocuting
elocution
elocutionary
elocutionist
elocutionists
elocutions (current term)
elocutive
elodea
elodeas
elodian
elodians
eloge
eloges
elogies
elogist
elogists
elogium
elogiums
elogy
eloign

Literary usage of Elocutions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects: Ionic by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"... that the supposititious letters of Demokritos and of Hippokrates were composed in the third century of our era. ' Cf. Grundmann : Quid in elocutions ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"328] I am amused that our modern technology of dictation has brought us full circle to the medieval scribe who wrote homonyms to his reader's elocutions. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1873)
"The Crucifixion by an Eye Witness. The Ego and His Own, first ed., Strindberg. A Surgeon's Log, Abraham. Letters and elocutions, Stillman. Child's Poetry. ..."

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