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dulciloquy

dulciloquy noun: a soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.

Noun

dulciloquy (uncountable)

  1. A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.
    • Hushed into sweet tranquillity / By that divine dulciloquy.1885, Isaac L. Vansant, Roofless: a romance in rhyme
    • Winslow started on his dulciloquy. With an autocratic, barely perceptible sweep of the hand, the general cut him short.1901, Isaac Kahn Friedman, By bread alone

Origin of dulciloquy

Latin dulcis (“sweet”) and loqui (“to speak”).

Questions about dulciloquy

What does dulciloquy mean?
Dulciloquy means a soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.
What part of speech is dulciloquy?
Dulciloquy is a noun.

Words near dulciloquy in the dictionary

  1. dulcifying
  2. dulcijo
  3. dulcijos
  4. dulciloquence
  5. dulciloquent
  6. dulciloquy
  7. dulcimer
  8. dulcimerist
  9. dulcimerists
  10. dulcimerlike
  11. dulcimers

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