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单词 -loquence
释义

-loquencecomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. longiloquence n.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -loquentia.
Etymology: < classical Latin -loquentia, combining form (in e.g. breviloquentia breviloquence n.) forming abstract nouns (corresponding to adjectives in -loquus and -loquens ) < loquent- , loquens (see loquent adj.) + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ence suffix.Apparently earliest in the late 16th cent. in grandiloquence n.; subsequently in a number of borrowings from Latin and in a small number of formations within English.
Forming abstract nouns denoting speech of a type indicated by the first element, usually corresponding to adjectives in -loquent comb. form.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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