Definition of COLLOQUIUM

colloquium

Meanings

Plural: colloquia, colloquiums

Noun

  • an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
  • an address to an academic meeting or seminar
  • A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
  • An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
  • An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
  • That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium.

Scrabble Score: 23

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Words With Friends Score: 29

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