Word of the Day for Thursday, August 20, 2009
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perorate \PUR-uh-rayt\, intransitive verb:
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1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.
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The B.O. has a unique talent where he is able to perorate, pontificate, and bombast in response to a simple question, and yet say absolutely nothing intelligible!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Perorate comes from Latin perorare "to speak at length or to the end," from per-, "through, throughout," + orare, "to speak."
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