n. [ F. rhétorique, L. rhetorica, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; (sc. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;), fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rhetorical, oratorical, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. word; cf. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to say. ] 1. The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetorical

a. [ L. rhetoricus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Rhetoric. ] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. [ 1913 Webster ]

They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetoricate

v. i. [ L. rhetoricari. See Rhetoric. ] To play the orator. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetorication

n. [ Cf. F. rhétorication. ] Rhetorical amplification. [ Obs. ] Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetorician

n. [ Cf. F. rhétoricien. ] 1. One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric. [ 1913 Webster ]

The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A teacher of rhetoric. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetorician

a. Suitable to a master of rhetoric. “With rhetorician pride.” Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetorize

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rhetorized p. pr. & vb. n. Rhetorizing ] To play the orator. Colgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhetorize

v. t. To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

修辞

[修辞 / 修辭, xiū cí, ㄒㄧㄡㄘˊ]rhetoric#26242[Add to Longdo]

辞藻

[辞藻 / 辭藻, cí zǎo, ㄘˊ ㄗㄠˇ]rhetoric#53630[Add to Longdo]

修辞学

[修辞学 / 修辭學, xiū cí xué, ㄒㄧㄡㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ]rhetoric#58290[Add to Longdo]

词藻

[词藻 / 詞藻, cí zǎo, ㄘˊ ㄗㄠˇ]rhetoric; flowery language#65680[Add to Longdo]

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Rhetorik { f }; Redekunst { f } | Redekünste { pl }

rhetoric | rhetorics[Add to Longdo]

Rhetorik { f }

elocution[Add to Longdo]

rhetorisch; phrasenhaft { adj }

rhetorical[Add to Longdo]

rhetorisch { adv }

rhetorically[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

そうか(P);そっか

[souka (P); sokka](exp) is that so? (generally rhetorical); (P)[Add to Longdo]

ものですか;もんですか

[monodesuka ; mondesuka](exp) (fem) (See ものか) used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question[Add to Longdo]

レトリック

[retorikku](n) rhetoric; (P)[Add to Longdo]

修辞

[しゅうじ, shuuji](n) figure of speech; rhetorical flourish[Add to Longdo]

修辞学

[しゅうじがく, shuujigaku](n) rhetoric[Add to Longdo]

修辞疑問

[しゅうじぎもん, shuujigimon](n) { ling } rhetorical question[Add to Longdo]

修辞法

[しゅうじほう, shuujihou](n) rhetoric[Add to Longdo]

潤色(P);潤飾

[じゅんしょく, junshoku](n, vs) rhetorical flourishes; (P)[Add to Longdo]