oratorical

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/ˌɒɹəˈtɒɹɪkəl/

adjective

of, or relating to oratory or an orator.

“A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff.”

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rhetorical
OriginLatin ōrātōrius →
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Meanings

adjectiveoratorical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableof, or relating to oratory or an orator.

    A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff.

    2 more examples

    The rest were looking at Coker curiously. It was the first time they had heard him in one of his oratorical moods.

    1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 204

    I reached up without thinking, actually a desperate oratorical gesture of disagreement and defiance.

    1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 558

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacteristic of an orator or oratory

Similar
rhetorical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinōrātōrius
  2. Englishoratorical

From orator or oratory + -ical, or else from Latin ōrātōrius.

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APA

oratorical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oratorical

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“oratorical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oratorical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oratorical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oratorical.

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