-loquy
English
Alternative forms
- -loquie (obsolete)
- -loquism
Etymology
Extracted from Latin compounds such as soliloquium, vaniloquium.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ‒́ ləkwi, IPA(key): /ləkwi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Suffix
-loquy (plural -loquies)
Usage notes
- Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the antepenult.
Synonyms
- -logy (Grecian equivalent)
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -loquy
- alieniloquy
- alloquy
- altiloquy
- ambiloquy
- anteloquy
- antiloquy
- archiloquy
- blandiloquy
- centiloquy
- colloquy
- cordiloquy
- dulciloquy
- fatiloquy
- gastriloquy
- grandiloquy
- magniloquy
- multiloquy
- obloquy
- parciloquy
- pauciloquy
- pectoriloquy
- planiloquy
- sanctiloquy
- soliloquy
- somniloquy
- stultiloquy
- suaviloquy
- tardiloquy
- terriloquy
- tortiloquy
- vaniloquy
- ventriloquy
- veriloquy
- versiloquy
- versutiloquy