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pauciloquy

English

Alternative forms

  • pauciloquie (17?th century)

Etymology

From the Classical Latin pauciloquium (the fact of speaking few words), from paucus (little, few) + loquor (to speak).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pôs??l?kwi, IPA(key): /p???s?l?kwi/
  • (US) enPR: pôs??l?kwi, p?s??l?kwi, IPA(key): /p??s?l?kwi/, /p??s?l?kwi/

Noun

pauciloquy (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.

Antonyms

  • multiloquy

Related terms

References

  • pauciloquy, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Dec. 2008]

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