Some find his speeches entrancing, but few, wading through his long Latinate sentences, can work out exactly what he stands for. |
However, in the late 18th century there was a return to the periodic Latinate style. |
His style is sometimes called Latinate or overelaborate, but in truth he tried to make it a vocal, speaking, natural style. |
The master of ceremonies was Lebanese actor Talal Jurdi, whose job was to inject traces of Lebanese Arabic into this otherwise Latinate evening. |
For more examples, see the list of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English. |
The 15th century represents a low point for the Latinate tradition, but it revives in the 16th century under the impact of humanism and the regeneration of the universities. |