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Locut-/ Loqu-. - speak; talk. 1. Circumlocution. roundabout way of speaking. Speechwriters included a great deal of circumlocution in the governor’s speech; her indirect message would prevent the citizens from immediately recognizing that she was proposing another tax hike. 2. Colloquial.
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Locut-/ Loqu- - speak; talk
1. Circumlocution roundabout way of speaking Speechwriters included a great deal of circumlocution in the governor’s speech; her indirect message would prevent the citizens from immediately recognizing that she was proposing another tax hike.
2. Colloquial conversational; informal writing or speech Mark Twain uses a colloquial style in his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; because Huck, an uneducated boy, is the narrator, his language is informal and it almost seems as if he’s speaking directly to the reader.
3. Colloquy - talking together; conversation The referee held a quick colloquy with the judges before announcing the winner.
4. Elocution - art of speaking out or reading effectively in public Leaders such as John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., had the gift of elocution; their public speeches motivated and enthralled multitudes.
5. Eloquent - speaking with force and fluency; movingly expressive The valedictorian gave an eloquent speech that moved many members of the audience.
6. Grandiloquent - using lofty or pompous words; bombastic Instead of giving the usual grandiloquent speech so common at election time, the politician spoke simply and directly to the voters; his direct style may help to explain his victory in the election.
7. Interlocutor - questioner; one who participates in conversation Witnesses appearing before the investigating committee found that its chief counsel was the principal interlocutor; the committee members themselves asked very few questions.
8. Loquacious - talkative; garrulous When Jose was reprimanded for talking during class, he claimed that his loquacious tendencies were hereditary and there was nothing he could do to change.
9. Obloquy - speaking against; censure; bad repute; abusively detractive language or utterance Refusing to listen to any more obloquy from the enraged customer, the clerk simply left the counter, angering the customer even more.
10. Soliloquy - a monologue; a talking to oneself, as in a drama Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy is a contemplation of suicide, with Hamlet deciding it is better to live with the evil he knows than to kill himself and go to the unknown.
