Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dulciloquy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dul-cil-o-quy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hushed into sweet tranquillity / By that divine dulciloquy."
"Winslow started on his dulciloquy. With an autocratic, barely perceptible sweep of the hand, the general cut him short."
"If Harrison's poetry depicts machine-gun tongues of fire as leading to nothing but apocalypse, a fruitless Pentecost, it does not commend the tongues of fire of dulciloquy and poetic eloquence as capable of bringing redemption."

Etymology

Latin dulcis (“sweet”) and loqui (“to speak”).

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

dulciloquence dulciloquent

Questions

What does dulciloquy mean?: A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.
Where does dulciloquy come from?: Latin dulcis (“sweet”) and loqui (“to speak”).

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