Citations:alieniloquy

English

1. (very rare) Rambling or evasive talk.

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   • [1730, N[athan] Bailey, “Alieni′loquy”, in Dictionarium Britannicum: Or A More Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary than Any Extant. [...], London: Printed by T. Cox […], →OCLC:

     Alieni′loquy [alieniloquium] a talking wide from the Purpoſe, or not to the Matter at hand.]

   • 1988, Tim Wynne-Jones, Fastyngange: A Novel (International Fiction List; 42), Toronto, Ont.: Lester & Orpen Dennys, →ISBN, page 87:

     Like an intravenous poison I kept topping her up. And then rain interrupted my alieniloquy.

   • [2007, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, “Alieniloquy”, in Green and Gray (New California Poetry; 20), Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif., London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 42:

     Alieniloquy [poem title] / Spots instead of points, / faint lines and flaws / where participations develop / and decisions get made, […]]