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Meaning of COLLOQUY

Pronunciation:  'kâlukwee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  formal conversation
  2. [n]  a conversation especially a formal one
 
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 See Also: conference, conversation, group discussion

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col"lo*quy\, n.; pl. {Colloquies}. [L. colloquium. See
{Collocution}.]
1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference;
   conversation.
         They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about
         religion.                             --A. Wood.
2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned
   for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in
   collegiate scholarship.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: chat, colloquial discourse, colloquium, communication, communion, confabulation, conversation, converse, conversing, dialogue, discourse, exchange, give-and-take, intercourse, interlocution, palaver, parley, rap session, rapping, seminar, talk, verbal intercourse
 

 

 

 

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