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
- pocket conveyor
- pocket door
- pocket dry rot
- pocket edition
- pocket editions
- pocket gopher
- pocket judgment
- pocket money
- pocket moneys
- pocket mouse
- pocket piece
- pocket pistol
- pocket plum
- pocket print
- pocket rat
- pocket rot
- pocket sheriff
- pocket veto
- pocket-handkerchief
- pocket-hole
- pocket-size
- pocket-sized
- pocketable
- pocketbook
- pocketbooks