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interlocution

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in⋅ter⋅lo⋅cu⋅tion

  [in-ter-luh-kyoo-shuhn]
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–noun
conversation; dialogue.
Origin:
1525–35; < L interlocūtiōn- (s. of interlocūtiō) a speaking between, equiv. to interlocūt(us) (see interlocutor ) + -iōn- -ion
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in·ter·lo·cu·tion   (ĭn'tər-lō-kyōō'shən)   
n.  Speech between two or more persons; conversation.

[Latin interlocūtiō, interlocūtiōn-, from interlocūtus, past participle of interloquī, to interrupt : inter-, inter- + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
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