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to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
- an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters
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“Perorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perorate. Accessed 1 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of perorate was in 1603
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