rhetoricatingn.
/rᵻˈtɒrᵻkeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈtɔrəˌkeɪdɪŋ/ rare.
The use of rhetorical language.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > rhetoric > use of
rhetorication1585
rhetoricating1734
1734 D. Waterland Importance Doctr. Trinity 500 To magnify another kind of Guilt, as still greater according to their way of Reasoning, or rather Rhetoricating.
1827 Washington Theol. Repertory May 455/2 When this rage for ‘rhetoricating’, and making ‘flights’, as they are called, finds its way into the pulpit, it should no longer be tolerated.
2007 M. L. Johnson Hunger for Wild ii. 83 Such rhetoricating helped pump up the lust that drove hundreds of thousands of settlers..into California and Oregon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rhetoricatingadj.
/rᵻˈtɒrᵻkeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈtɔrəˌkeɪdɪŋ/ rare after 17th cent.
Rhetorical.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > rhetorical > using or given to using rhetoric
rhetoricala1645
rhetoricating1645
1645 J. Saltmarsh Opening Prynnes New Bk. 30 All other forrain, probable, possible rational or Rethoricating consequences and conclusions to the contrary.
1669 in K. Digby Closet Opened To Rdr. There needs no Rhetoricating Floscules to set it off.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 58 I'le use no Speech with Art besprinkled,..Without Rhetoricating fond shows [etc.].
2006 Rhetorica 24 198 A recurring theme that makes the Crucifixion a major rhetoricating element.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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