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stultiloquence

/stʌlˈtɪləʊkwɛns/

stultiloquence noun: silly talk; babble.

Noun

stultiloquence (uncountable)

  1. (formal) Silly talk; babble.

Origin of stultiloquence

Learned borrowing from Latin stultiloquentia, from stultus (“foolish”) + loquentia (“a talking”).

Questions about stultiloquence

What does stultiloquence mean?
Stultiloquence means silly talk; babble.
What part of speech is stultiloquence?
Stultiloquence is a noun.
How do you pronounce stultiloquence?
Stultiloquence is pronounced /stʌlˈtɪləʊkwɛns/.

Words near stultiloquence in the dictionary

  1. stultifiers
  2. stultifies
  3. stultify
  4. stultifying
  5. stultifyingly
  6. stultiloquence
  7. stultiloquent
  8. stultiloquently
  9. stultiloquies
  10. stultiloquy
  11. stulting

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