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Headword Dictionaries Max. Inst. Min. Inst. # Documents Short Definition
acyrologia Lewis & Short 11 11 2 an impropriety of speech;
anaudia Lewis & Short 0 0 0 loss of speech
antisagoge Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech by which one thing adduced
aposiopesis Lewis & Short 7 7 3 a breaking off in the midst of a speech
barbarismus Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 23 23 7 an impropriety of speech, barbarism, Her.
barbarus Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 4,007 519 397 of strange speech, speaking jargon, unintelligible:
blandiloquentia Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 2 0 1 fawning speech
blandimentum Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 78 78 48 flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery
causidicatio Lewis & Short 0 0 0 the speech of an advocate
contestatiuncula Lewis & Short 1 1 1 a short speech
contiuncula Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 2 2 2 an harangue, petty speech
cycneus Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 27 25 21 of a swan
dictus2 Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a saying, speech
elinguis Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 52 22 33 tongueless, voiceless, speechless
eloquium Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 543 445 245 expression, utterance, speech
eluctor Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 26 26 25 to struggle out, force a way out
hypocrisis Lewis & Short 12 12 10 an imitation of a person's speech and gestures
infans Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 0 0 0 that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless
locutio Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 100 30 27 a speaking, speech, discourse
locutus2 Lewis & Short 2,720 0 257 a speaking, speech
longiloquium Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a long speech
loquela Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 105 105 70 speech, words, discourse
loquentia Lewis & Short 21 3 10 a talking, discoursing, readiness in speaking, fluency of speech
macrologia Lewis & Short 0 0 0 tediousness in speech
minutiloquium Lewis & Short 0 0 0 brevity of speech
mutus Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 1,268 215 268 dumb, mute, speechless, without speech
nugae Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 356 356 182 jests, idle speeches, trifles
obmutesco Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 85 85 48 to become dumb, lose one's speech, be silent
oratio Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 4,052 4,052 200 a speaking, speech, discourse, language, faculty of speech, use of language
oratiuncula Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 14 14 8 a little speech, few remarks
paradiastole Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech
paronomasia Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech
polyptoton Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech
proapodosis Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech so called
pronominatio Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech
prosapodosis Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech
qualis Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 10,495 1,835 768 how constituted, of what sort, of what nature, what kind of a
semisermo Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a half-speech
sermo Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 3,877 3,877 528 continued speech, talk, conversation, discourse
suaviloquentia Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 1 1 1 sweetness of speech, agreeableness
superbiloquentia Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 2 2 1 haughty speech
symploce Lewis & Short 0 0 0 a figure of speech where the same word is often repeated
synecdoche Lewis & Short 11 11 4 a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole
vocalis Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis 186 184 86 uttering a voice, articulate, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, vocal