plural of by-speech

Quality of being speechful.

Obsolete spelling of speech

simple past tense and past participle of speech

plural of speechful

Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Alternative form of Speech from the Throne

(used only predicatively) Free in the sense of having no restrictions; libre.

(linguistics) An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.

(grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks