a slender bristlelike or tubular process | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving | using language effectively to please or persuade |
how something is done or how it happens | high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation |
distinctive and stylish elegance | loud and confused and empty talk |
the popular taste at a given time | |
a particular kind (as to appearance) | |
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period | |
editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display | |
(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma | |