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English to English noun
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using language effectively to please or persuade |  | source: wordnet30
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high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation |  | Example: the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language
source: wordnet30
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loud and confused and empty talk |  | Example: mere rhetoric
source: wordnet30
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study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |  | source: wordnet30
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The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose. |  | source: webster1913
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