colloquy
noun
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Colloquy may make you think of colloquial, and there is indeed a connection between the two words. As a matter of fact, colloquy is the parent word from which colloquial was coined in the mid-18th century. Colloquy itself, though now the less common of the two words, has been a part of the English language since the 15th century. It is a descendant of Latin loquī, meaning "to speak." Other descendants of loquī in English include eloquent, loquacious, ventriloquism, and soliloquy, as well as elocution and interlocutor.
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Examples of colloquy in a Sentence
Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
State of play: The concrete barriers guarding the steep switchbacks above Wasatch Mountain State Park now display a colloquy of pro- and anti-Trump graffiti.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
These artist combinations – or colloquies, as Viveros-Fauné calls them – are especially effective at Stelo Arts and Parallax Art Center.
—Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
Charlie and Joanie’s colloquy in the thoroughfare is also a mutual reassurance that the other’s dream has value.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone, ending the colloquy.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
While there is inevitably a performative dimension to the colloquy between these two figures who have spent so many years on the public stage, Obama and Springsteen are also both deeply introspective.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021
Milius concentrates on conservative patriots, yet her colloquy of all those involved in creating or fighting the coup highlights the varied countenances, plus their camera-ready expressions, that reveal an unexpectedly broad, adversarial America.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2020
Leach said during a news conference colloquy with this New York Times reporter, drawing some Mississippi State faithful to Twitter’s ramparts.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
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“Colloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colloquy. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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