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speechifying, vbl. n.|ˈspiːtʃɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. prec.]
1. The action of making or delivering speeches; the practice of oratory.
1723Briton No. 19 (1724) 84 He has an excellent Talent at Speechifying. 1762Foote Orator i. Wks. 1799 I. 193 'Tis all brought about by his speechifying. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. xii. note, Their little absurdities are as harmless as..maiden speechifying. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xvi, Then came the feast, and afterwards the meeting, with music and speechifying in the church. 1884Chr. Commonw. 23 Oct. 20/3 The immense volume of speechifying during the recess, on both sides.
b. The action of speaking or talking, esp. in a formal manner or at excessive length.
1777F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 193 Richard,..after fine speechyfying, walked off. 1782E. N. Blower Geo. Bateman I. 21, I could stand and hear you talk all day long; to be sure you have a vast fine knack at speechifying. 1853C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe xxv, Come, what's past can't be helped, and I have no end of work to be done, so there's speechifying enough for once. 1887P. McNeill Blawearie 131 ‘No more speechifying, Morris,’ shouted the overseer. ‘Let us haste to the rescue.’
2. An instance or occasion of public speaking.
1843F. E. Paget Warden of Berkingholt 77 Nothing is to be done without platforms, and meetings, and speechifyings. 1852H. Newland Lect. Tractar. 28 The meetings and the speechifyings and the hard words. 1894Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. XLI. 91 A demonstration, a feasting, a speechifying, and a concert all rolled into one. |