De-clăm'a-to-ry, a.

a. [Lat. declamatorius, from declamator; Fr. déclamatoire.]

1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; as, a declamatory way or style.