elocute

/ ˈɛləˌkjuːt /

verb

1. facetious.
   intr to speak as if practising elocution; declaim

Word History and Origins

Origin of elocute¹

C19: back formation from elocution

Example Sentences

When he does speak, Owen as often as not, elocutes in a stagey manner, with timbres of cartoon voices and those famous actors he loves accenting his words.

From Washington Times

Movie teenagers are typically depicted as either awkward, loner virgins or erudite pontificators who elocute with the unearned-for-their-age wit of Noel Coward.

From Washington Times

A bigger stage causes everyone to elocute a bit more: Niamh Cusack as the sympathetic teacher is more goody-goody than she was before.

From The Guardian

You will think that you would rather elocute ‘The High Tide’ than even to have written it.”

From Project Gutenberg

I’m all right now, and if you’ll just elocute that thing, while I array myself in purple and fine linen, I’m sure it will all come back to me.”

From Project Gutenberg