elocution

[el-uh-kyoo-shuh n] /ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən/
noun
1.
a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public:
The actor's elocution is faultless.
2.
the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.
Origin
1500-10; < Latin ēlocūtiōn- (stem of ēlocūtiō) a speaking out, equivalent to ē- e-1 + locūtiōn- locution
Related forms
elocutionary
[el-uh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee] /ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃəˌnɛr i/ (Show IPA), adjective
elocutionist, noun
Examples from the web for elocution
  • Every once in a while one experiences a film so perfect in its elocution that it is not forgotten.
  • But the practice of stage representation reduces everything to a controversy of elocution.
  • It was in this home that she taught elocution lessons and debating techniques to the neighborhood children.
British Dictionary definitions for elocution

elocution

/ˌɛləˈkjuːʃən/
noun
1.
the art of public speaking, esp of voice production, delivery, and gesture
Derived Forms
elocutionary, adjective
elocutionist, noun
Word Origin
C15: from Latin ēlocūtiō a speaking out, from ēloquī, from loquī to speak
Word Origin and History for elocution
n.

mid-15c., from Late Latin elocutionem (nominative elocutio) "voice production, manner of expression," in classical Latin, "oratorical expression," noun of action from past participle stem of eloqui "speak out" (see eloquence).