elocution Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

WordNet

El`o*cu"tion noun
Etymology
L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. élocution. See Eloquent.
Definitions
  1. Utterance by speech. R.
    [Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.
  2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." Whately
  3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. Obs.
    To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden.

Webster 1913