noun
- a person’s manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor’s elocution is faultless.
- the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.
noun
- the art of public speaking, esp of voice production, delivery, and gesture
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).