oratiuncle

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ōrātiuncula, from ōrātiō (“speech”) + -uncula (feminine diminutive suffix). === Noun === oratiuncle (plural oratiuncles) (rare) short speech or oration 1889, William Gladstone, quoted in H. C. G. Matthew, Gladstone 1809-1898, published 1997, page 568: I was persuaded to go up the tower & propose his health in a French oratiuncle, visited the exhibitions, and made the speeches.