declaim
English
/dɪˈkleɪm/
verb
Definitions
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French declamer derived from Latin dēclāmō root from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kelh₁-
Gloss
shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acclamate English
- acclamatory English
- clamorous English
- declaimer English
- declaimest English
- declaimeth English
- declamation English
- declamatory English
- deintercalate English
- exclamative English
- intercalary English
- acclamatio Latin
- acclamo Latin
- acclāmātiōnem, acclāmātiō Latin
- acclāmātiōnis, acclāmātiō Latin
- acclāmō Latin
- calatio Latin
- calendārium Latin
- calo Latin
- clamito Latin
- clamo Latin
- clamor Latin
- clamāre Latin
- clarifico Latin
- clarus Latin
- classis Latin
- clāmor Latin
- clāmāre Latin
- clāmō, clamo, clāmāre Latin
- clārus Latin
- concilio Latin
- concilium Latin
- conciliātus Latin
- conclamo Latin
- declamatio Latin
- declamito Latin
- declamo Latin
- dēclāmō Latin
- exclamatio Latin
- exclamatus Latin
- exclamo Latin
- exclāmāre, exclamo, exclāmō Latin
- inclamo Latin
- intercalo Latin
- intercalātus Latin
- kalendarium Latin
- kalendās Latin
- praeclamo Latin
- proclamatio Latin
- proclamo Latin
- proclamo, prōclāmāre, prōclāmō Latin
- prōclāmō Latin
- reclamatio Latin
- reclamo Latin
- reclāmāre, reclāmō, reclamo Latin
- succlamo Latin
- deklamieren German
- calende Italian
- chiamata Italian
- chiaramente Italian
- chiesucola Italian
- declamare Italian
- κέλαδος Ancient Greek
- ἐπίκλησις Ancient Greek
- ἐπικαλέω Ancient Greek
- *kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₁m- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₁rós Proto-Indo-European
- *halōną Proto-Germanic
- *hellaną Proto-Germanic
- *helą Proto-Germanic
- *hlōaną Proto-Germanic
- *skellan- Proto-Germanic
- उषःकल Sanskrit
- declamer Middle French
- *kalyākos Proto-Celtic
- kalba Lithuanian
- ciamâse Ligurian