colloquialist

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noun

A good conversationalist.

OriginEnglish colloquial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English colloquies →
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Meanings

nouncolloquialist (plural colloquialists)

plural colloquialists

  1. A good conversationalist.
  2. A person who uses colloquial words or phrases.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
  8. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
  9. Latinloquor
  10. Latincolloquor
  11. Latincolloquium
  12. Middle Englishcolloquies
  13. Englishcolloquy
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishcolloquial
  17. Englishcolloquialist

From colloquial + -ist.

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APA

colloquialist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialist

MLA

“colloquialist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colloquialist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialist.

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