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Saturday 4 May 2013

Words with Root Word loquo or loqui (to speak)

Whenever you see the Latin loquo-, you can be sure that the word has something to do with "talking." Latin word Loquo or loqui means 'to speak'.

1. Loquacious (adjective): (बातूनी)


                     Loquacious is derived from the Latin word loqui, "to speak." Someone loquacious usually has a lot to say and often says more than is necessary. Loquacious is a good word to describe a chatty person.

Synonyms: garrulous, talkative, verbose, wordy, chatty, rambling

Antonyms: silent, reserved, terse, taciturn, curt

Examples: The loquacious little girl entertained her mother with stories on their drive home. 

2. Circumlocution (Noun) : (गोलमोल बातें करने की कला) 


                           
                          Circumlocution is a way of trying to get around a subject by not getting directly to the point. Politicians use it frequently. One could say politicians are often inclined to use circumlocutory language. "Circumlocution office" is a negative term referring to red tape in a governmental office

Circumlocution comes from the Latin words circum, "circle," and loqui, "to speak." So circumlocution is speaking in circles, going round and round in a wordy way without ever getting to the heart of the matter. It's an evasive style of argument, best employed when you really don't want to say what's on your mind.

Synonyms: evasion, wordiness, verbosity, redundancy, prolixity

Antonyms: directness

Example : After a few glasses of wine, Jerry began to talk with circumlocution and never got to his point.

3. Eloquence (noun) : वाकपटुता, 1. The ability to use language well and convincingly; 2. fine, moving language


                          Although eloquence is usually used to describe speech, it can actually refer to any form of discourse. When somebody is eloquent or delivers an eloquent speech, he or she is articulate and well-spoken. Think, elegant communication. Eloquent is synonymous with articulate. Use eloquent to describe someone who communicates clearly, in a moving and emotional manner. Use articulate to describe someone who is able to communicate clearly and coherently.

Synonyms: expression, rhetoric, articulation, diction, expressiveness, oration

Examples : She was an eloquent speaker who always kept the audience enraptured.
The writer was known for his eloquence and detailed research into his subject matter. 

4. Obloquy (Noun): सार्वजनिक अपमान, बदनामी, कलंक, 
  1. Defamatory or censorious statements, ESP when directed against one person
  2. Disgrace brought about by public abuse

If you are on the receiving end of obloquy, then society has turned against you and you are in a state of disgrace.
If you break the word obloquy into its two Latin roots, you have 'ob,' meaning “against” and loqui, meaning "to speak" — soobloquy means “to speak against," in an especially mean way.Obloquy can also be the result of public shame, or criticism. Get scolded in front of the other shoppers by the grocery store manager for knocking over a display of bottles, and you will understand what obloquy is!
Synonyms : abuse, attack, stick, blame, criticism, censure, reproach, defamation, slander, bad press, vilificationinvective, opprobrium, calumny, character assassination, contumely, aspersion, detraction, animadversion, disgraceshamehumiliationdiscreditsstigmaignominydishonorinfamyodiumdisfavor,
Example: Any obloquy for inadequate scholarships quite rightly falls on to government.

5. Soliloquy (Noun): बातचीत जो अपने आप से की जाये, the act of speaking alone or to oneself, esp as a theatrical device

Ever see someone talking to himself while on a stage? That's what you call a soliloquy — a character's speech voicing his or her own thoughts as if to himself. Shakespeare's plays are full of soliloquies.
The noun, soliloquy, comes from the Latin roots, solus "alone" plus loqui "speak" meaning "a talking to oneself." A soliloquy is a speech a character gives of his thoughts and reflections.

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 monologueaddressspeechasideorationdramatic monologue
Example: He composed his face as if to deliver Hamlet's saddest soliloquy.

6. Interlocutor (Adjective): वार्ताकार, 
  1. a person who takes part in a conversation
  2. Also calledmiddleman. the man in the centre of a troupe of minstrels who engages the others in talk or acts as an announcer.

An interlocutor is someone who participates in a discussion or conversation, sometimes as a go-between. If you and your friend are in an argument and aren't speaking, a third friend could act as an interlocutor, delivering messages back and forth.

Interlocutor comes from two latin words Inter (between) + loqui (to speak), who speaks between two rival parties or who conveys the massage of two rival parties who are not ready to speak to each other.

Synonyms: middleman, conversational partner

Example : Daniel served as the new interlocutor in the group discussion on religious beliefs.


7. Ventriloquist (Adjective): (बिना होठ हिलाए आवाज निकाल सकनेवाला), 



The Latin word ventriloquium means “to speak from the stomach.” Ventriloquists have learned the art of projecting their voices, speaking without moving their lips, and moving the mouths of their dummies simultaneously so that it seems like their dummies are talking.

Example : Whilst at junior school he became only the second ever britishventriloquist to have a radio show.


1 comment:

  1. There is also the word colloquial meaning used in ordinary conversation

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