Loquacious vs Colloquy - What's the difference?
loquacious | colloquy |
Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.
* 1841 , , ch. 8:
A conversation or dialogue.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
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(obsolete) A formal conference.
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
A written discourse.
(legal) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
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As an adjective loquacious
is talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.As a noun colloquy is
a conversation or dialogue.loquacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious , or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.
Synonyms
* chatty, talkative, garrulous * See alsoAntonyms
* laconic, quiet, reserved, taciturnDerived terms
* loquaciously * loquaciousnesscolloquy
English
Noun
(wikipedia colloquy) (colloquies)- And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.