Session 25

SESSION 25

A root to begin with…

Taceo -> latin(verb) -> to be silent

From this, we derive

Tacit -> better left unsaid
E.g.
A man is dying of cancer. Everybody knows about it but nobody mentions the dreaded word …It is tacitly understood by all.

Usage->

A tacit agreement
A tacit arrangement

Noun -> ‘Tacitness’

Changing the ‘a’ to ‘i’ and adding the prefix ‘re’ + adjective suffix -> reticent

Reticent -> person who prefers to be keep silent whether out of shyness, embarrassment or fear of revealing what should not be revealed.

Noun -> reticence

Talkkkkkkkkkkkk…….

The root….
‘loquor’ -> latin

Derive…
Loquacious -> people who love to talk
Noun-> loquacity or loquaciousness

Other words derived from 'loquor'

1.) Soliloquoy -> ‘loquor’ + (‘solus’-> alone)-> speech when alone -> talk to oneself.

Another Meaning:
Utterances made in a play by characters who are speaking their thoughts aloud so the audience wont have to guess.
Explanation: A soliloquist may be alone; or other members of the cast may be present on the stage but they don’t hear what is being said, because they are not supposed to.....

Verb -> Soliloquize

2.) Venter, Ventris -> belly + ‘Loquor ‘,
We get......
Ventriloquism -> Speaking from the belly
Ventriloquist -> one who can throw his voice.

Meaning -> The listener thinks the sound is coming from some source other than the person speaking

3.) Colloquial -> Prefix ‘con’ (together)(Imp : ‘con’ is spelled ‘col’ before a root starting with ’l’… FYI.. it is used as ‘com’ before a root starting with m,p or b) + 'loquor'

Explanation of origin and meaning : When people speak together,they engage in conversation, their language is usually more informal and less rigidly grammatical than what you expect in writing or in public addresses.
Colloquial patterns are perfectly correct – they are simply informal, and suitable to everyday conversation

‘Colloquialism’ therefore, is a conversational-style expression
Colloquial English is the English you and I speak on everyday occasions- it is not vulgar, slangy or illiterate.

4.) Circumlocution (‘Circum’-> around + 'loquor' ) -> talking around
Meaning:
Any idea that is roundabout or indirect is circumlocutory

Thats it.......

One important summary:
Now we know –ory is used in adjectives.

C ya around
Gau