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stultiloquence|stʌlˈtɪləkwəns|
[ad. L. stultiloquentia (Plautus) f. stultiloquus speaking foolishly, f. stult-us foolish + -loquus that speaks.]
Foolish or senseless talk, babble, bosh, twaddle.
1721Bailey, Stultiloquence, foolish talk. 1809Europ. Mag. LV. 19 This sort of epithet..cannot fail to add..to the stultiloquence of every society. 1893Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 90 The blank and blatant jargon of epic or idyllic stultiloquence. |