What does COLLOQUY mean?

Definitions for COLLOQUY
ˈkɒl ə kwicol·lo·quy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. colloquynoun

    a conversation especially a formal one

  2. colloquynoun

    formal conversation

Wiktionary

  1. colloquynoun

    A conversation or dialogue.

  2. colloquynoun

    A formal conference.

  3. colloquynoun

    A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.

  4. colloquynoun

    A written discourse.

  5. colloquynoun

    A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Colloquynoun

    Conference; conversation; alternate discourse; talk.

    Etymology: colloquium, Latin.

    My earthly by his heav’nly over-power’d,
    In that celestial colloquy sublime,
    As with an object that excels the sense,
    Dazzled, and spent, sunk down. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    In retirement make frequent colloquies, or short discoursings, between God and thy own soul. Taylor.

ChatGPT

  1. colloquy

    A colloquy is a formal conversation, dialogue or conference, usually intellectual in nature. It is a high-level discussion where participants exchange thoughts and ideas on a particular subject.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Colloquynoun

    mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation

  2. Colloquynoun

    in some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship

  3. Etymology: [L. colloquium. See Collocution.]

Wikidata

  1. Colloquy

    Colloquy is an open-source IRC, SILC, ICB and XMPP client for Mac OS X. Colloquy uses its own core, known as Chat Core, although in the past it used Irssi as its IRC protocol engine. One of the primary goals behind Colloquy was to create an IRC, SILC and ICB client with Mac OS X visuals. Colloquy contains a user interface that follows Apple's Human interface guidelines in addition to containing support for traditional IRC command-line controls such as /nick and /join. An official app for the iOS was released and features support for all IRC commands, a built-in browser, Push notifications and other features.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Colloquy

    kol′o-kwi, n. a speaking together: mutual discourse: conversation.—v.i. (rare) to converse.—n. Colloc′ūtor.—adj. Colloc′ūtory.—v.i. Colloque′, to hold colloquy.—adj. Collō′quial, pertaining to or used in common conversation.—ns. Collō′quialism, a form of expression used in familiar talk; Collō′quialist.—adv. Collō′quially.—v.i. Coll′oquise, to converse.—n. Coll′oquist, a speaker in a colloquy. [L. colloquium, col, together, loqui, to speak.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of COLLOQUY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of COLLOQUY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of COLLOQUY in a Sentence

  1. Chris Murphy:

    The senator is right: I’m not going to engage in a colloquy on the merits of this request or the previous request. This isn’t real. This is a TV show, this is clickbait, this is theater. This isn’t an actual attempt to pass legislation.

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