an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters
Recent Examples on the WebAs a black spiritual hums on the soundtrack, Hooded Justice perorates about the legacy of being the victim—not the complicit or recruited perpetrator—of violence:
My mama played the piano right over there.—Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare to declaim at length, wind up an oration, from per- through + orare to speak — more at per-, oration
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