collogue
English
Etymology
First attested in 1590s (as colloguing), presumably from colleague (“to associate”) and French colloque (“secret meeting”), from Latin colloquium (English colloquy), possibly influenced by dialogue.[1]
Ultimately from Latin collega (“a partner in office”)[2] + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech; oration; discourse”), perhaps partly via Latin loquor (“I speak”)[3].
Pronunciation
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Verb
collogue (third-person singular simple present collogues, present participle colloguing, simple past and past participle collogued)
- (intransitive) To simulate belief.
- (transitive) To coax; to flatter.
- (rare) To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- And then it seems that she collogued with her master and heard word of a subtler device.
- 1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn (fiction):
- Ay, well, what I say - " Flusky frowned, endeavouring to put into words just what he did say, when he collogued with his own thoughts. "What I say: in a country where everything's to do, the hands has a chance to put themselves equal with the head."
- 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner (fiction), William Blackwood and Sons:
- You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “collogue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “collega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ “loquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bryan A. Garner (2009) Garner’s Modern American Usage, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, collogue, page 165
Scots
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
collogue (plural collogues)
- talk, conversation, interview
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- I have no skill of fancy to tell of that dark collogue, but the upshot was that Alison swore by her lost soul and the pride of sin to bring the lass into thrall to her master.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Verb
collogue (third-person singular simple present collogues, present participle colloguin, simple past collogued, past participle collogued)
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