Noun

• S: (n) rhetoric (using language effectively to please or persuade)
• S: (n) grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation) "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
• S: (n) palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric (loud and confused and empty talk) "mere rhetoric"
• S: (n) rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))