noun
the ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.
ORIGIN 1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth,’ on the pattern of literacy.
the ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.
ORIGIN 1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth,’ on the pattern of literacy.
We hear a lot about literacy, a little about numeracy, but nothing at all about oracy, in the context of education.
by Pepys April 10, 2008
Get the oracymug.