† interspeechn.
Obsolete.
Speech between or among a number of persons; colloquy.
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speechc900
talec1000
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reasonc1300
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counsela1350
intercommuningc1374
dalliancec1400
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communancec1449
collocutiona1464
parlour?c1475
sermocination1514
commona1529
dialogue?1533
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purposea1572
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negocea1617
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colloquy1817
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cross-talk1887
bull session1920
rap1957
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin x. 592 Peraduenture..it was more profitable with these enterspeeches to staye the kings armie.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Deipnosophists That title, importing a Conference, Discourse or inter-speech among wise men at a supper.
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