oratio obliqua
noun
ora·tio obli·qua
ȯ¦rätēˌōəˈblēkwə
: discourse that is indirect : a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation
Word History
Etymology
Latin, indirect speech
- double glazing
- double glouces
- Double Gloucester
- double gown
- double gun
- double helix
- double house
- double hyphen
- double in
- double indemnity
- double insurance
- double jeopardy
- double jeopardy clause
- double jump
- double killing
- double knit
- double letter
- double liability
- double long
- double meaning
- double monastery
- double mordent
- double murder
- double negative
- double nelson