English

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Etymology

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From orator or oratory +‎ -ical, or else from Latin ōrātōrius.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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oratorical (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to oratory or an orator.
    A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff.
    • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 558:
      I reached up without thinking, actually a desperate oratorical gesture of disagreement and defiance.

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “oratorical”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.