colloquialityn.
/kəˌləʊkwɪˈalɪti/ Colloquial quality or style; concrete a colloquial expression.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > colloquial language > a colloquial expression
familiarism1765
colloquialism1810
colloquiality1846
popularism1888
the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > colloquial language
colloquialisma1834
Vulgate1854
colloquiality1876
colloquialness1877
demotic1917
colloquial1921
1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 21 We must take care that we are not led..into mean colloquialities.
1876 Mayer Mrs. Browning's Lett. R. H. Horne I. 6 Letters of this kind are the perfection of refined colloquiality.
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