colloquy
pronunciation
How to pronounce colloquy in British English:
UK [ˈkɒləkwi]
How to pronounce colloquy in American English:
US [ˈkɑləkwi]
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- Noun:
- a conversation especially a formal one
- formal conversation
Word Origin
- colloquy (n.)
- mid-15c., "discourse," from Latin colloquium "conference, conversation," literally "a speaking together," from com- "together" (see com-) + -loquium "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution). Meaning "conversation" is attested in English from 1580s.
Example
- 1. By the end of the colloquy , luther and zwingli wept together and asked forgiveness for bitter words .
- 2. The third session of the marburg colloquy ( sunday morning , october 3 ) featured the christological debate that formed the heart of the entire controversy .
- 3. She had wandered , without rule or guidance , in a moral wilderness ; as vast , as intricate and shadowy , as the untamed forest , amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate .
- 4. " She had wandered , without rule or guidance , in a moral wilderness ; as vast , as intricate and shadowy , as the untamed forest , amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate . "
- 5. They stopped , and engaged in a whispered colloquy .