eng: rhetoric

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Meaning
means	(noun) using language effectively to please or persuade rhetoric
means	(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" magniloquence, grandiloquence, grandiosity, rhetoric, ornateness
means	(noun) loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" empty talk, hot air, palaver, rhetoric, empty words
means	(noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) rhetoric