sialoquent
adj/saɪˈæləkwənt/
Etymology
Blend of sialic + eloquent, from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”)
- derived from σίαλον
Definitions
Tending to spray saliva when speaking.
- The sialoquent professor could not understand why his pupils would not sit in the front row of the lecture hall.
- With a little practice it will become easy and natural, and you will leave the sialoquent* sayers of ek-SPLIK-uh-buul in the dust.
- In person your SMC may be boorish, charming, self-absorbed, humorous, gentle, sloppy, or even sialoquent ("spraying saliva while talking").
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sialoquent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA