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colloquium

[ kuh-loh-kwee-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural col·lo·qui·ums, col·lo·qui·a [k, uh, -, loh, -kwee-, uh].

a conference at which scholars or other experts present papers on, analyze, and discuss a specific topic.

colloquium

/ kəˈləʊkwɪəm /

1600–10; < Latin, equivalent to colloqu ( ī ) ( col- col- ¹ + loquī to speak) + -ium -ium

C17: from Latin: conversation, conference, colloquy

This is the core of “complementarity,” and it would not seem to require an international colloquium to explain.

Dictus est autem dies nuptiarum ultimus Augusti, circa quod tempus vos ad colloquium profecturum (sic) spero.

Nor are these Names by any Means more illustrious, than those we meet with in the Colloquium.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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