loqu-, -loquence, -loquent, -loquently, -loquy, -iloquent, -iloquently +

(Latin: talk, speak, say)

This loqu unit is directly related to the "talk, speak, say, word, speech" locu- family unit.

cacoëthes loquendi, cacoethes loquendi

An insatiable urge to talk.

capriloquism

1. Egophony, or increased resonance of voice sounds, with a high-pitched nasal or bleating quality, heard especially over lung tissue which is compressed or consolidated by pleural effusion.
2. Also known as: bronchoegophony, egobronchophony, tragophonia, tragophony, and voix de Polichinelle (French, Punch's voice).

caverniloquy

Amphoric voice or denoting the sound heard in percussion and auscultation, resembling the noise made by blowing across the mouth of an empty bottle.

Auscultation is the medical act of listening for sounds within the body, chiefly for ascertaining the condition of the lungs, heart, pleura, abdomen and other organs, and for the detection of pregnancy.

circumloquacious

Referring to someone who is using excessive language to evade a question, to obscure the truth, or to change the subject.

colloquia (pl)

1. Addresses to an academic meeting or seminar.
2. Academic meetings or seminars usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.

colloquial

1. Appropriate to, used in, or characteristic of spoken language or of writing that is used to create the effect of conversation; belonging to common speech as opposed to formal speaking.
2. Characteristic of, or proper to, ordinary conversation; such as, being distinguished from formal or elevated language.

colloquialism

1. A form of speech or phrase proper to, or characteristic of, ordinary conversation; a colloquial expression.
2. An informal word or phrase that is more common in normal conversation than in formal speech or writing.

colloquialisms

Informal words or expressions which are more suitable for use in speech than in writing.

colloquialist

A person who excels in the use of colloquialisms or informal expressions.

colloquialize

To make colloquial, informal, and familiar; such as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

colloquially

1. A reference to the use of colloquial expressions.
2. Used in, or characteristic of familiar, and informal conversation.

colloquist

Someone who takes part in a normal conversation.

colloquium (s)

1. A conversation, dialogue, colloquy.
2. A meeting or an assembly for discussions; a conference, a council; specifically, an academic conference.
3. An academic conference or seminar in which a particular topic is discussed, often with guest speakers.

colloquy, colloquize

A talking together; a conversation, a dialogue (a conversation between two people).

Cor ad cor loquitur.

Heart speaks to heart.

Motto of Cardinal Newman College, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; English Words: Origins and Histories; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.