- stul|til|o|quence
- stul|til|o|quence «stuhl TIHL uh kwuhns», noun.foolish or silly talk; senseless babble.╂[< Latin stultiloquentia < stultiloquus speaking foolishly, ultimately < stultus foolish + loquī speak]
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stul|til|o|quence
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stul|til|o|quent — «stuhl TIHL uh kwuhnt», adjective. given to stultiloquence … Useful english dictionary
mul|til|o|quence — «muhl TIHL uh kwuhns», noun. the use of many words; verbosity; loquacity. ╂[< Late Latin multiloquentia < Latin multus much + loquentia fluency of speech] … Useful english dictionary
stul — stul·ti·fi·ca·tion; stul·ti·fy; stul·til·o·quence; stul·til·o·quy; stul·til·o·quent; stul·til·o·quen·tial; … English syllables
til — ae·gyp·til·la; amon·til·la·do; an·til·o·gism; an·til·o·gous; an·til·o·gy; an·til·o·pe; apos·til; ar·til·ler·ist; ar·til·lery; ar·til·lery·man; ber·til·lon·age; ber·til·lon; ble·til·la; can·til; can·til·late; can·til·la·tion; cas·til·ian·ism;… … English syllables
quence — bre·vil·o·quence; de·lin·quence; el·o·quence; fre·quence; gran·dil·o·quence; lon·gil·o·quence; lo·quence; mag·nil·o·quence; mul·til·o·quence; ob·se·quence; stul·til·o·quence; con·se·quence; se·quence; … English syllables
stul´ti|fy´ing|ly — stul|ti|fy «STUHL tuh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. to make worthless, useless, weak, or futile; frustrate: »to stultify a person s efforts or incentive, a program of reform stultified by public indifference, the stultifying atmosphere… … Useful english dictionary
stul|ti|fy — «STUHL tuh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. to make worthless, useless, weak, or futile; frustrate: »to stultify a person s efforts or incentive, a program of reform stultified by public indifference, the stultifying atmosphere of a prison… … Useful english dictionary
quence — obs. form of quench, quince … Useful english dictionary
til — præp., adv., konj.; til aften; til alters; til ankers; til bedste; til bens; til blods; til bogs; til bords; til bunds; til dels; til dom(s); til døde; til dørs; til fals; til fjelds; til fods; til fulde; til fælles el. tilfælles; til føje; til… … Dansk ordbog
stul|ti|fi|ca|tion — «STUHL tuh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the action of stultifying. 2. the state of being stultified: »Our simple survival is not worth so much that it is to be purchased at the cost of intellectual stultification (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists) … Useful english dictionary
