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pauciloquy

/pɔˈsɪləkwi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pau-cil-o-quy
IPA
/pɔˈsɪləkwi/
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From the Classical Latin pauciloquium (“the fact of speaking few words”), from paucus (“little, few”) + loquor (“to speak”). Structurally pauci- + -loquy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɔˈsɪləkwi/
  • British English: /pɔːˈsɪləkwi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pauciloquie (alternative)

Phrases

-loquy pauci-

Frequently Paired Words

-loquy pauci- pauciloquent(ly) pauciloquous

Antonyms

multiloquy

Questions

How do you pronounce pauciloquy?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɔˈsɪləkwi/.
What does pauciloquy mean?
Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.
Where does pauciloquy come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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