colloquize

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verb

To take part in a colloquy

OriginEnglish colloquy ← Middle English colloquies ← Latin colloquium →
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Meanings

verbcolloquize (third-person singular simple present colloquizes, present participle colloquizing, simple past and past participle colloquized)

present singular third person colloquizes · participle present colloquizing · participle past colloquized · past colloquized

  1. To take part in a colloquy

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. Englishcolloquize

From colloquy + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

colloquize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquize

MLA

“colloquize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colloquize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquize.

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