Meanings
nounstultiloquy (uncountable)
- archaicuncountableFoolish talk; babble.
concerning stultiloquy it is to be observed that the masters of spiritual life mean not the talk and useless babble of weak and ignorant persons
1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinstultiloquium
- Englishstultiloquy
Borrowed from Latin stultiloquium.
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