colloquy
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”),[1] from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words).[2] Doublet of colloquium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colloquy (countable and uncountable, plural colloquies)
- A conversation or dialogue. [from 15th c.]
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
- (obsolete) A formal conference. [16th–17th c.]
- (Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. [from 17th c.]
- A written discourse. [from 18th c.]
- (law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
Antonyms edit
- (a conversation of multiple people): soliloquy
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Translations edit
conversation, dialogue
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formal conference
Christianity: church court held by certain Reformed denominations
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written discourse
law: discussion during a trial between the judge and the defendant
See also edit
Verb edit
colloquy (third-person singular simple present colloquies, present participle colloquying, simple past and past participle colloquied)
- (intransitive, rare) To converse.
References edit
- ^ “colloquy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “colloquy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.