Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleniloquence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ple-nil-o-quence
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive or overly full speech.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"…Mr. Emerson, writing to his friend Carlyle, August 6, 1838, thanking him for his “friendliest seeking of friends for the poor oration” (“The American Scholar”) says: I have written and read a kind of sermon to the Senior Class of our Cambridge Theological School a fortnight ago; and an address to the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, for though I hate American pleniloquence, I cannot easily say No to young men who bid me speak also. … The first, I hear, is very offensive. I will now try to hold my tongue till next winter…"

Etymology

From Latin plenus and Latin loquentia.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: plenus, loquentia

Usage

Inflected Forms

pleniloquences (plural)

Questions

What does pleniloquence mean?: Excessive or overly full speech.
Where does pleniloquence come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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