Colloquial Definition

kə-lōkwē-əl
adjective
Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
American Heritage
Having to do with or like conversation; conversational.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
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Origin of Colloquial

  • 1751, from earlier term colloquy (a conversation), from Latin colloquium (conference, conversation), from con- (together) + loqui (speak).

    From Wiktionary

  • From colloquy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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