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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ləˈkjuːtəɹi/
Adjective
interlocutory (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation.
1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], chapter XVII, in Kenilworth; a Romance. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, ; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:[A]s he passed through the crowded anterooms . . . never did Leicester return the general greeting with such ready and condescending courtesy. . . . For all the favourite Earl had a bow and smile at least, and often a kind word. . . . A few of Leicester's interlocutory sentences ran as follows:— "Poynings, good morrow; and how does your wife and fair daughter? . . ."
- Interjected into something spoken.
- (law) Expressed during a legal action that awaits final decision.
- (law) Of or pertaining to legal action that is temporary or provisional.
Derived terms
Noun
interlocutory (plural interlocutories)
- (rare) A person engaged in a conversation, an interlocutor.
1905, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara, act I:Lady Britomart is . . . well mannered and yet appallingly outspoken and indifferent to the opinion of her interlocutory.
- Interpolated discussion or dialogue.