Meanings
adjectivenoncolloquial (not comparable)
- not comparableNot colloquial.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
- Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
- Latinloquor
- Latincolloquor
- Latincolloquium
- Middle Englishcolloquies
- Englishcolloquy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcolloquial
- Englishnoncolloquial
From non- + colloquial.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
noncolloquial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncolloquial
MLA
“noncolloquial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncolloquial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncolloquial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncolloquial.
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