EXPRESSION Copy link • EXPRESSIONThe act of expressing, enunciatio (of a thought): the art of expression., ars enunciatrix. Speech, word, etc., employed in expressing sentiments, vox: verbum: vocabulum (a word; SYN. in WORD): oratio (the compass of many words or expressions; a speech): a legal expression, vocabulum forense: a military (nautical) expression, vocabulum militare or castrense; vocabulum nauticum: lofty expressions, verba splendida: polished expressions, verba exculta: choice expressions, verba lecta, quaesita, or exquisita; dicendi lumina: studied expressions, verba apparata: unnatural expressions, far-fetched expressions, contortiones orationis: most suitable, most significant expressions, verba maxime cujusque rei propria: to use flattering expressions to anybody, honorifico erga aliquem sermone uti: I have no suitable expression for anything, verbis satis dicere non possum: that for which it is difficult to find an expression, res ad eloquendum difficilis. Of the eyes, in painting, etc., argutiae (the free expression in the human face which shows the individual character of the person; also powerful expression in a picture): eyes in which there is expression, oculi arguti. Without any expression, languens, languidus (of style, etc.); iners (of the eye, in poetry).