as in to mouth (off)
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters

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Recent Examples of perorate As a black spiritual hums on the soundtrack, Hooded Justice perorates about the legacy of being the victim—not the complicit or recruited perpetrator—of violence: My mama played the piano right over there. Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perorate
Verb
  • About 18 people spoke at the meeting about Naperville’s electric utility and its contract with IMEA.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Trump spoke at length about them in his second speech at the Capitol after being sworn in.
    Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May and taking home the coveted Jury Prize and a joint Best Actress prize for its female ensemble (the three aforementioned performers plus Adriana Paz), discourse around Emilia Pérez lit up like a New Year’s Eve fireworks display.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But as posting about kids has grown into a legitimate industry online, so has discourse about the ethics of turning children into their families’ breadwinners.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But Trump is not looking to harangue second-tier capitals with third-tier interests.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
  • She was hit, harangued and betrayed by a son who couldn’t help himself.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Perorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perorate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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