Doctiloquent

//dɑkˈtɪ.lə.kwɛnt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Speaking learnedly. rare

    "Written in a spirit of conservation, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists is doctiloquent in a manner no longer quite fashionable."

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"Written in a spirit of conservation, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists is doctiloquent in a manner no longer quite fashionable."

Etymology

Coined from Latin doctī + loquēns, from genitive of doceō (“I teach”) + present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.

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