stultiloquy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stultiloquium.

Noun

stultiloquy (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Foolish talk; babble.
    • 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:
      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

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