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speechment en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sprākī Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *sprāku Old English sprǣċ Old English spǣċ Middle English speche English speech Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English speechment From speech + -ment.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An act of speaking; a speech.
   • With respect to the naval department, the plan of the Bible Society's operations cannot be more pithily explained than they are in the Liverpool speechment of the Rev. R. Newton, "who expected," he said, "to hear that Marine Bible Associations would be formed on board different ships, that the captain would take the chair, and honest Jack would move, and Tom second the resolutions." 1822, Henry Handley Norris, A respectful letter to the earl of Liverpool, page 52:

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