word of the day, perorate/gyrovague
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scottobearperorate \PUR-uh-rayt\, intransitive verb:
1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.
Perorate comes from Latin perorare "to speak at length or to the end," from per-, "through, throughout," + orare, "to speak."
gyrovague (JYE-ro-vayg) noun
A monk who travels from one place to another.
[From French, from Late Latin gyrovagus gyro- circle + vagus wandering.]
1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.
Perorate comes from Latin perorare "to speak at length or to the end," from per-, "through, throughout," + orare, "to speak."
gyrovague (JYE-ro-vayg) noun
A monk who travels from one place to another.
[From French, from Late Latin gyrovagus gyro- circle + vagus wandering.]
