locu-, loc- +
(Latin: talk, speak, say, word, speech)
Directly related to the loqu- family of "talk, speak" words.
locutionist
Someone who uses a particular form of expression, word, phrase, expression, or idiom.
locutory, locutorium
A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
oblocutor
A disputer; a gainsayer (someone who declares something to be untrue or to be invalid).
perlocution, perlocutionary
1. The effect that a speaker's words have on someone's emotions and responses.
2. The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on other speakers and their emotions and responses.
3. An act of speaking, or writing, which has an action as its aim; but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action; for example, persuading or convincing are expected responses.
2. The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on other speakers and their emotions and responses.
3. An act of speaking, or writing, which has an action as its aim; but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action; for example, persuading or convincing are expected responses.
prolocutor
1. Someone who speaks for another person.
2. The chairperson of the lower house of a convocation.
3. A presiding officer or chairperson, especially of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.
2. The chairperson of the lower house of a convocation.
3. A presiding officer or chairperson, especially of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.
ventrilocution
Pertaining to, or referring to, a ventriloquist or to ventriloquism.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
Related "word, words" units: etym-; legi-; lexico-; logo-; onomato-; -onym; verbo-.
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