oratorical

adj
/ˌɒɹəˈtɒɹɪkəl/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ōrātōrius

Definitions

  1. of, or relating to oratory or an orator.

    • A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff.
    • The rest were looking at Coker curiously. It was the first time they had heard him in one of his oratorical moods.
    • I reached up without thinking, actually a desperate oratorical gesture of disagreement and defiance.

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