rhetorical

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
2. (not-comparable) Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

Noun

A study or exercise in rhetoric.

Conceptos

retórico

retórica

Sinónimos

oratorical

eloquent

flowery

bombastic

accurate

eloquential

forensic

ornate

rhetoric

Traducciones

rhétorique

retorico

rhetorisch

ρητορικός

retórico

retorisch

retòric

phrasenhaft

rhetoricus

sözbilimsel

بديعي

rhethorisch

pour la forme

forensisch

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: rethorycal

In summary

From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.