Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sialoquent

/saɪˈæləkwənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sialo-quent
IPA: /saɪˈæləkwənt/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to spray saliva when speaking.

Example Sentences

"The sialoquent professor could not understand why his pupils would not sit in the front row of the lecture hall."
"With a little practice it will become easy and natural, and you will leave the sialoquent* sayers of ek-SPLIK-uh-buul in the dust."
"In person your SMC may be boorish, charming, self-absorbed, humorous, gentle, sloppy, or even sialoquent ("spraying saliva while talking")."
""Stop killing me you [censored] noob!" The grand finale of a coveted franchise, millions of fans in the making and presumably more spent in marketing will have culminated in one siaoloquent outburst hissing through your standard issue Xbox Live headset."

Etymology

Blend of sialic + eloquent, from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”)

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σίαλον

Inflected Forms

more sialoquent (comparative) most sialoquent (superlative)

Phrases

say it, don't spray it

Frequently Paired Words

say it, don't spray it

Questions

How do you pronounce sialoquent?: The recorded pronunciation is /saɪˈæləkwənt/.
What does sialoquent mean?: Tending to spray saliva when speaking.
Where does sialoquent come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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