doctiloquent
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doctiloquent — Talking about a subject which you have studied and know a lot about … Grandiloquent dictionary
doctiloquent — † docˈtiloquent, a. Obs. rare 0. [f. L. doct us learned + loquent em, pr. pple. of loquī to speak; cf. L. doctiloquus.] ‘That speaks learnedly’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656). So docˈtiloquous a., ‘speaking learnedly’ (Bailey vol. II. 1727) … Useful english dictionary
Styles of Speech — Here we have 54 words referring to manners or styles of speaking, words that use the suffix loquent , loquence , or loquy , from Latin loqui (to speak). While in an age of text messaging, public speaking has lost its once vaunted status as a… … Phrontistery dictionary
