PERORATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peroration mean? 

• PERORATION (noun)
  The noun PERORATION has 2 senses:

1. a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

2. (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration

  Familiarity information: PERORATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERORATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flowery and highly rhetorical oration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("peroration" is a kind of...):

oration (an instance of oratory)

Derivation:

perorate (deliver an oration in grandiloquent style)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he summarized his main points in his peroration

Hypernyms ("peroration" is a kind of...):

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))

Holonyms ("peroration" is a part of...):

oration (an instance of oratory)

Derivation:

perorate (conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation)

 Context examples 

He said, with exceeding gravity, “Pardon me,” and proceeded, with a mixture of the lowest spirits and the most intense enjoyment, to the peroration of his letter.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

At last the lecture came to an end—I am inclined to think that it was a premature one, as the peroration was hurried and disconnected.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)