"declamatory" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪˈklæmətɹi/ [UK] Forms: more declamatory [comparative], most declamatory [superlative]
Etymology: Equivalent to declaim + -atory. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{suffix|en|declaim|atory}} declaim + -atory Head templates: {{en-adj}} declamatory (comparative more declamatory, superlative most declamatory)
  1. Having the quality of a declamation. Translations (like a declamation): απαγγελτικός (apangeltikós) (Greek), deklamatorisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-declamatory-en-adj-R5dLdrnu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -atory, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -atory: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'like a declamation': 93 7
  2. Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
    Sense id: en-declamatory-en-adj-tU5ox6yZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: declamatoriness, undeclamatory
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