demosthenic

• Adjectif désuet relatif à l'orateur grec antique Démosthène ou caractéristique de celui-ci ; souvent utilisé pour qualifier un discours ou un style puissant, éloquent ou passionné.

An obsolete adjective relating to or characteristic of the ancient Greek orator Demosthenes, often used to describe powerful, eloquent, or vehement speech or style.

1. Relating to Demosthenes or his oratoryC2formal

   Pertaining to the ancient Greek statesman and orator Demosthenes, or characteristic of his powerful, persuasive, and eloquent style of public speaking.

   Relatif à Démosthène

   • The senator's Demosthenic speech moved the entire assembly.
   • Her Demosthenic arguments were impossible to refute.
   • He studied the Demosthenic techniques of rhetoric for years.

   Synonymeseloquentforensicoratoricalrhetorical