oratorize
English
Etymology
orator + -ize
Verb
oratorize (third-person singular simple present oratorizes, present participle oratorizing, simple past and past participle oratorized)
- (humorous or derogatory) To play the orator.
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- In this order they reached the magistrate's house; the chairmen trotting, the prisoners following, Mr. Pickwick oratorizing, and the crowd shouting.
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers