doctiloquent

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English

Etymology

Coined from Latin doctī + loquēns, from genitive of doceō (I teach) + present participle of loquor (I speak). Compare eloquent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑkˈtɪ.lə.kwɛnt/

Adjective

doctiloquent (comparative more doctiloquent, superlative most doctiloquent)

  1. (rare) Speaking learnedly.
    • 1989, Journal of Canadian Poetry,, page 172:
      Written in a spirit of conservation, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists is doctiloquent in a manner no longer quite fashionable.
    • 1992, Utopian Studies, Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 187:
      It is a magisterial, doctiloquent guidebook, written with a care to ensure that readers never lose sight of its thesis or drift too far out of soundings.

Usage notes

Very rare and self-conscious, more often defined than used.

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References

  • American Speech, Volume 2, University of Alabama Press, 1927, p. 420: ‘60. Doctiloquent. “that speaks learnedly”’