The root loqu
loqu means speak. It comes from Latin loqui.
It also appears as locu — the same root wearing a different vowel, which is why the words below do not all look alike.
9 words built on loqu
- Circumlocutionnoun
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- Colloquialadjective
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
- Elocutionnoun
an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
- Eloquentadjective
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- Grandiloquencenoun
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- Grandiloquentadjective
puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek
- Interlocutornoun
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- Loquaciousadjective
full of trivial conversation
- Soliloquynoun
a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections