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English
Etymology
Blend of sialic + eloquent, from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
sialoquent (comparative more sialoquent, superlative most sialoquent)
- (rare) Tending to spray saliva when speaking.
The sialoquent professor could not understand why his pupils would not sit in the front row of the lecture hall.
1999, Charles Harrington Elster, The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 150:With a little practice it will become easy and natural, and you will leave the sialoquent* sayers of ek-SPLIK-uh-buul in the dust.
2001, Eric F. Fagan, Cast Your Net: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Soulmate on the Internet, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 210:In person your SMC may be boorish, charming, self-absorbed, humorous, gentle, sloppy, or even sialoquent ("spraying saliva while talking").
2007 September 28, Azfarul Islam, “'Alo, 'Alo, 'Alo, What's This?”, in Felix, page 34:"Stop killing me you noob!"
The grand finale of a coveted franchise, millions of fans in the making and presumably more spent in marketing will have culminated in one siaoloquent outburst hissing through your standard issue Xbox Live headset.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sialoquent.
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