Declamatory
(adjective)
Relating to or characterized by the act of making a formal oration in an ornate or dramatic manner.
Origin:
The word declamatory is derived from the latin word "declamatio" which means a public speaking. it has been in use since the early 17th century to describe something that is related to or characterized by the act of making a formal oration in an ornate or dramatic manner.
Examples:
- The speaker's declamatory style was marked by grand gestures and a booming voice.
- His declamatory rhetoric was designed to impress rather than to inform.
- The declamatory speech was filled with flowery language and grandiose statements.
- His declamatory style made it difficult to take him seriously.
- The declamatory oration was filled with grandiloquence and bombast.