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adjective of or relating to rhetoric; - W.A.White; - Lewis Mumford
adjective given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
originFrom Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.
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