See Also: declaim(dictionary)
declaim(dictionary)

declaim (iou)



declaim verb. LME.
[French declamer or Latin declamare, from de- DE- 1 + clamare CLAIM verb.]
verb intrans. & trans. Speak aloud or recite with studied rhetorical expression; practise speaking or reciting (a passage). LME.
R. W. Emerson Wordsworth..reciting to me..like a schoolboy declaiming. E. F. Benson Declaiming a particularly unchristian psalm which called down many curses on her enemies.
verb intrans. Deliver an impassioned (rather than reasoned) speech; inveigh against. L16.
L. Sterne Let him declaim as pompously as he chooses upon the subject. R. L. Stevenson Declaiming..against the greed and dishonesty of landlords.
declaimer noun LME.