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▪ I. colloquial, a.|kəˈləʊkwɪəl|
[f. L. colloqui-um colloquy + -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to colloquy; conversational.
1751Johnson Rambler No. 101 ⁋2 The colloquial wit has always his own radiance reflected on himself. 1839De Quincey Recoll. Lakes Wks. 1862 II. 232 His..colloquial judgments upon doubtful actions of his neighbours. 1871R. Ellis Catullus x. 6 We fell on endless themes colloquial.
2. spec. Of words, phrases, etc.: Belonging to common speech; characteristic of or proper to ordinary conversation, as distinguished from formal or elevated language. (The usual sense.)
1752Johnson Rambler No. 208 ⁋11 To refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 218 To use a colloquial phrase, such sentiments..do one's heart good. 1876Green Short Hist. vii. 418 The abandonment of..poetic diction for the colloquial language of real life.
▪ II. colloquial, n.|kəˈləʊkwɪəl|
[f. the adj.]
Colloquial speech, colloquial language.
1921H. E. Palmer Princ. Lang.-Study 62 The hotel-keeper or waiter will concentrate on hotel colloquial, as also will the tourist or tripper. 1962W. S. Cornyn in House-holder & Saporta Probl. Lexicography 273 The earliest texts are not especially difficult of interpretation on the basis of today's colloquial. |