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Colloquy Common

Colloquy has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a conversation especially a formal one

2

formal conversation

3

A conversation or dialogue.

Verb
1

To converse.

See Also
colloquial circumlocution grandiloquent interlocution locution magniloquent court perlocution
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
conference conversation

Origin

The word "colloquy" comes from the Latin colloquium, meaning "conversation." It is formed by combining the prefix com- ("together") with a form of the verb loquor ("to speak").

Rhyming Words
loquy exequy cliquy chequy obsequy obloquy alloquy soliloquy ambiloquy pauciloquy archiloquy somniloquy multiloquy centiloquy dentiloquy suaviloquy dulciloquy ventriloquy gastriloquy stultiloquy
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