Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
2. Spoken Language

586. Allocution.

   NOUN:ALLOCUTION, alloquy [obs.], address; smoke talk, chalk talk [both colloq.]; speech [See Speech]; apostrophe, interpellation, appeal, invocation, salutation, salutatory [U. S.]; word in the ear.
  PLATFORM [See School]; plank [politics].
  AUDIENCE (interview) [See Interlocution].
  [FEIGNED DIALOGUE] dialogism.
   VERB:ADDRESS, speak to, accost, make up to [colloq.], apostrophize, appeal to, invoke; hail, salute; call to, halloo.
  lecture (make a speech) [See Speech]; preach, sermonize, harangue, spellbind.
  TAKE ASIDE, take by the button; talk to in private.
   INTERJECTION:soho! halloo! hey! hist! hi!