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
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: pôsĭʹləkwi, IPA(key): /pɔːˈsɪləkwi/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: pôsĭʹləkwi, pŏsĭʹləkwi, IPA(key): /pɔˈsɪləkwi/, /pɑˈsɪləkwi/
Noun
pauciloquy (uncountable)
Antonyms
Related terms
References
- “pauciloquy, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Dec. 2008]