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DictionaryRoot: loqui
Latin

loqui

speak

Forms

  • loqui
  • locut- — The form used for completed action.
  • loqu- — The form retained before other endings.

Origin

An inherited Latin speaking verb with older Indo-European ancestry.

Note

The family often concerns speaking as an activity, rather than one particular word or message.

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At a public meeting, a man standing beside a plain lectern recoils under forceful spoken criticism from two attendees, making public verbal condemnation—not physical conflict—the focus.
noun

obloquy

OB-luh-kwee/ˈɑːbləkwi/

Harsh public condemnation.

Etymology
obLatintoward, against; in the way
+loquyLatinspeak

Speaking “against” someone became evil speaking or slander. That connection explains both the verbal abuse itself and the public disgrace it can bring.

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