expatiation
Speaking at length
Expatiation is the act of speaking or writing at length about something, often wandering through details and digressions.
The word carries a slightly formal or literary tone: His expatiation on the history of Roman aqueducts lasted well over an hour.
Related to the verb expatiate.
Increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- articulationClear vocal expression
unfolding · discourse · disquisition · exegesis · explication · enlargement · embellishment · extension
Line touching curve once
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- diversionRedirection of attention
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- departureAct of going away
deviation · excursion · meandering · wandering · straying · drift · divagation · excursus
Formal public speech
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
grandiloquence · prolixity · copiousness · long-windedness · wordiness · diffuseness · expansiveness · oratory
amplification
Increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- developmentProgress toward maturity
articulation · unfolding · discourse · disquisition · exegesis · explication · enlargement · embellishment · extension · prolongation
tangent
Line touching curve once
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- diversionRedirection of attention
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
departure · deviation · excursion · meandering · wandering · straying · drift · divagation · excursus · sidetrack
oration
Formal public speech
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
eloquence · grandiloquence · prolixity · copiousness · long-windedness · wordiness · diffuseness · expansiveness · oratory · speechifying
expatiationbrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · terseness · succinctness · pithiness · laconicism
expatiationreticence
Habitual verbal restraint
taciturnity · understatement · restraint · silence · omission