Etymology

perorate

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Today it means: To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue. Full definition →

Latin perōrātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromperōrātus
  2. English todayperorate

First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, per- + orate.

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