| Front | colloquy \KAH-luh-kwee\ |
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| Back | noun 1. Conversation, dialogue. 2. A high-level serious discussion: conference. ["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 "loqui," meaning "to speak." Other descendants of "loqui" in English include "eloquent," "loquacious," "ventriloquism," and "soliloquy," as well as "elocution" and "interlocutor."] "The company's employees worried and speculated as the executive team remained closeted in an intense colloquy for the entire morning." |
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