speechifying Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
    speechify.
    • These ministers speechify on every occasion

WordNet

Speech"i*fy`ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of making a speech or speeches. Used derisively or humorously.
    The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. M. Arnold.

Webster 1913