Etymology

dulciloquent

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Today it means: Speaking sweetly. Full definition →

Latin dulcis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdulcis“sweet”
  2. English todaydulciloquent

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“to speak”), after Classical Latin dulciloquus.

Words from the same roots

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