Etymology

peroration

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Today it means: The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery. Full definition →

Latin perōrō
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  1. Latin · derived from-ātiō
  2. Latin · derived fromperōrō“to speak at length, to conclude a speech”
  3. English todayperoration

From Latin perōrō (“to speak at length, to conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“to speak, to orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō).

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