Speech`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n.[See Spechify.] The act of speechifying.
[Used humorously or in contempt.]
Speech"i*fi`er (?), n. One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a
declaimer. [Used humorously or in contempt.] G. Eliot.
Speech"i*fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speechified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Speechifying (?).] [Speech + -fy.] To make a speech; to harangue. [Used
derisively or humorously.]
Speech"i*fy`ing, n. The act of making a speech or speeches. [Used
derisively or humorously.]
The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual
season for the buckhounds.