Colloquy
['kɒləkwɪ] or ['kɑləkwi]
Definition
(noun.) formal conversation.
(noun.) a conversation especially a formal one.
Typist: Maura--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.
(n.) In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
Editor: Sheldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dialogue, conversation, conference, talk, discourse.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conference, consultation, conversation, council, confabulation
ANT:Clamor, outcry, tumult, babel
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Definition
n. a speaking together: mutual discourse: conversation.—v.i. (rare) to converse.—n. Colloc′ūtor.—adj. Colloc′ūtory.—v.i. Colloque′ to hold colloquy.—adj. Collō′quial pertaining to or used in common conversation.—ns. Collō′quialism a form of expression used in familiar talk; Collō′quialist.—adv. Collō′quially.—v.i. Coll′oquise to converse.—n. Coll′oquist a speaker in a colloquy.
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Examples
- Yet he never passed in at _my_ door--never sat in colloquy with _me_ until midnight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Upon which, as is not unusual in such cases, a rather angry colloquy ensued. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After this colloquy the brothers once more shook hands and parted. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was about half an hour from twelve when this brief meeting and colloquy took place between the two captains. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Every moment the colloquy continued in this tone, he felt more and more guilty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Miss Ophelia rose from this encouraging colloquy; St. Clare was leaning over the back of her chair. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The colloquy between Tom and Eva was interrupted by a hasty call from Miss Ophelia. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In the excitement of our colloquy, we had walked on a few steps, beyond the clump of dwarf trees which had hitherto screened us from view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- During this short colloquy, the active Smallweed, who is of the dinner party, has written in legal characters on a slip of paper, Return immediately. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In such colloquies the mother and the child passed a great deal of their time together. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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