doctiloquent

doctiloquent
† docˈtiloquent, a. Obs. rare—0.
[f. L. doct-us learned + loquent-em, pr. pple. of loquī to speak; cf. L. doctiloquus.]
‘That speaks learnedly’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656). So docˈtiloquous a., ‘speaking learnedly’ (Bailey vol. II. 1727).

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