Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stultiloquence

/stʌlˈtɪləʊkwɛns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stul-til-o-quence
IPA: /stʌlˈtɪləʊkwɛns/

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Silly talk; babble.

Formal; Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stultiloquentia, from stultus (“foolish”) + loquentia (“a talking”).

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce stultiloquence?: The recorded pronunciation is /stʌlˈtɪləʊkwɛns/.
What does stultiloquence mean?: Silly talk; babble.
Where does stultiloquence come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin stultiloquentia, from stultus (“foolish”) + loquentia (“a talking”).

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