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| colloquial | (adj) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation, Syn. conversational, Example: wrote her letters in a colloquial style; the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English |
| colloquialism | (n) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
| colloquially | (adv) with the use of colloquial expressions, Syn. conversationally, informally, Example: this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn |
| colloquium | (n) an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting |
| colloquium | (n) an address to an academic meeting or seminar |
| colloquy | (n) a conversation especially a formal one |
| colloquy | (n) formal conversation |
| colloquia | n. The Latinic plural of colloquium. [ PJC ] |
| Colloquial | a. [ See Colloqui. ] Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] |
| Colloquialism | n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Colloquialize | v. t. To make colloquial and familiar; |
| Colloquist | n. A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| colloquium | n.; |
| Colloquy | n.; They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ] |