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pleniloquence

pleniloquence noun: excessive or overly full speech.

Noun

pleniloquence (countable and uncountable, plural pleniloquences)

  1. Excessive or overly full speech.
    • …Mr. Emerson, writing to his friend Carlyle, August 6, 1838, thanking him for his “friendliest seeking of friends for the poor oration” (“The American Scholar”) says: I have written and read a kind of sermon to the Senior Class of our Cambridge Theological School a fortnight ago; and an address to...1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and Lectures Notes

Forms of pleniloquence

pluralpleniloquences

Origin of pleniloquence

From Latin plenus and Latin loquentia.

Questions about pleniloquence

What does pleniloquence mean?
Pleniloquence means excessive or overly full speech.
What part of speech is pleniloquence?
Pleniloquence is a noun.
What is the plural of pleniloquence?
The plural of pleniloquence is pleniloquences.

Words near pleniloquence in the dictionary

  1. Plenderleith
  2. plene
  3. plenes
  4. Plenge
  5. pleniglacial
  6. pleniloquence
  7. pleniloquences
  8. plenilunar
  9. plenilunary
  10. plenilune
  11. plenilunes

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