as in mouths (off)
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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speaks
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Across fiction, documentary, and hybrid forms, these filmmakers are building a cinema that speaks first to themselves, and, in doing so, to everyone else.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
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Marina Abramović speaks to the audience during a post-show discussion following a performance of Masquerade in New York City.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Perorates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perorates. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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