collogue
verbEtymology
First attested in 1590s (as colloguing), presumably from colleague (“to associate”) and French colloque (“secret meeting”), from Latin colloquium (English colloquy), possibly influenced by dialogue. Ultimately from Latin collega (“a partner in office”) + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech; oration; discourse”), perhaps partly via Latin loquor (“to speak”).
- derived from loquor
- derived from λόγος
- derived from collega
- derived from colloquium
- borrowed from colloque
Definitions
To coax (someone)
To coax (someone); also, to flatter (someone).
To simulate belief.
To talk privately or secretly
To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.
- You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
- And then it seems that she collogued with her master and heard word of a subtler device.
- "I see him," said the housemaid. "He was colloguing with the butcher in the yard a bit since. He'd got a brown-paper parcel. Perhaps he got a lift home."
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at collogue. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at collogue. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at collogue
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA