noun
Meaning 1
A good conversationalist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
colloquialist
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who uses colloquial words or phrases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkw- Proto-Indo-European *tlokwetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokwōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy English -al English colloquial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colloquialist From colloquial + -ist.