colloquy

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a conversation especially a formal one
  2. noun formal conversation

Etymology

From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.

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