speechifying
verb
Meaning
- To give a speech; to hold forth; to pronounce pompously or at length.
- (possibly obsolete) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
- The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory.
- The act of speaking, especially at excessive length.
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