Welcome to The Elusive Tongue Blog. My fascination with words has led me in many directions. One of them has been to create a weekly column of subject-grouped, off-beat, word quizzes. I will post a quiz a week, with the answers the following week. I will also make occasional posts about words, writing and the writing life. I hope you have fun with the quizzes.
Your Scrivener,
Tasha
Friday, February 27, 2009
Words on Words
There is nothing more self-referential than words about words. These words are about the gift of gab or language in general. There are more words relating to the gift of gab than can fit into most mouths. Here is a sampling of glossolalia, gibberish and grandeleoquence, or more words about words.
Altiloquence: (n) a)pompous speech. b) speaking in tongues. c) speaking with a high, squeaky voice. d) calming, placating speech patterns.
Amadelphous: (n) a) speaking more than one language. b) prophetic speech. c) sing-song speech patterns. d) talkative.
Claver: (n) a) loud noises. b) gossip. c) witticisms. d) interruptions.
Epilegoemenon: (n) a) an added or additional remark. b) a well timed non-sequitur.
c) a medical discussion. d) talk about hair removal.
Epizeuxis: (n) a) talk interrupted by a seizure. b) an obsessive disorder where a person cannot be diverted from a particular subject. c)emphatic verbal repetition. d) long windedness.
Facundity: (n) a) talking a lot. b) talking about productivity. c) confused speech. d) eloquence.
Fissilingual: (adj) a) having a forked tongue. b) having a quick wit. c) a volcanic temper, erupting in a lava stream of “hot words.” d) saying everything twice.
Galimatias: (n) a) speaking quickly, the words veritably galloping from the mouth b) confused, meaningless jargon, c) speaking of weights and measures d) words coined by the Ancient Roman General Galimatus.
Glossolalia: (n) a) slick, convincing arguments, often said of politicians. b) large vocabulary. c) a stuttering rolling R sound, common to the dialects of the south seas. d) gibberish; non-sensical talk, often said of politicians.
Lamprophony: (n) a) words that refer to light b) cell phone that glows in the dark or come equipped with a light. c) speech that leads the way or gets people excited d)loud, ringing speech
Monoglot: (n) a) someone fluent in only one language b) someone who says the same thing over and over. c) trying to talk with something stuck in the throat. d) a baby’s first spoken word.
Mugient: (adj) a) talking about the weather, b)bellowing, c) one sided conversation d) spitting while talking
Remugient: (adj.) a) ceaseless shouting or bellowing b)renewed shouting or bellowing c) two one sided conversations carried on at once d) to remove or ignore someone who is
talking out of turn
Suaviloquence: n. a) bland, agreeable, soothing talk b) one whotalks their way into places above their station, c) eloquent and well dressed, d) words or speeches pertaining to fashion.
Altiloquence: (n) a)pompous speech. b) speaking in tongues. c) speaking with a high, squeaky voice. d) calming, placating speech patterns.
Amadelphous: (n) a) speaking more than one language. b) prophetic speech. c) sing-song speech patterns. d) talkative.
Claver: (n) a) loud noises. b) gossip. c) witticisms. d) interruptions.
Epilegoemenon: (n) a) an added or additional remark. b) a well timed non-sequitur.
c) a medical discussion. d) talk about hair removal.
Epizeuxis: (n) a) talk interrupted by a seizure. b) an obsessive disorder where a person cannot be diverted from a particular subject. c)emphatic verbal repetition. d) long windedness.
Facundity: (n) a) talking a lot. b) talking about productivity. c) confused speech. d) eloquence.
Fissilingual: (adj) a) having a forked tongue. b) having a quick wit. c) a volcanic temper, erupting in a lava stream of “hot words.” d) saying everything twice.
Galimatias: (n) a) speaking quickly, the words veritably galloping from the mouth b) confused, meaningless jargon, c) speaking of weights and measures d) words coined by the Ancient Roman General Galimatus.
Glossolalia: (n) a) slick, convincing arguments, often said of politicians. b) large vocabulary. c) a stuttering rolling R sound, common to the dialects of the south seas. d) gibberish; non-sensical talk, often said of politicians.
Lamprophony: (n) a) words that refer to light b) cell phone that glows in the dark or come equipped with a light. c) speech that leads the way or gets people excited d)loud, ringing speech
Monoglot: (n) a) someone fluent in only one language b) someone who says the same thing over and over. c) trying to talk with something stuck in the throat. d) a baby’s first spoken word.
Mugient: (adj) a) talking about the weather, b)bellowing, c) one sided conversation d) spitting while talking
Remugient: (adj.) a) ceaseless shouting or bellowing b)renewed shouting or bellowing c) two one sided conversations carried on at once d) to remove or ignore someone who is
talking out of turn
Suaviloquence: n. a) bland, agreeable, soothing talk b) one whotalks their way into places above their station, c) eloquent and well dressed, d) words or speeches pertaining to fashion.
Words on Words
There is nothing more self-referential than words about words. These words are about the gift of gab or language in general. There are more words relating to words than can fit into most mouths. Here is a sampling of glossolalia, gibberish and grandeleoquence, or more words about words.
Altiloquence: (n) a)pompous speech. b) speaking in tongues. c) speaking with a high, squeaky voice. d) calming, placating speech patterns.
Amadelphous: (n) a) speaking more than one language. b) prophetic speech. c) sing-song speech patterns. d) talkative.
Claver: (n) a) loud noises. b) gossip. c) witticisms. d) interruptions.
Epilegoemenon: (n) a) an added or additional remark. b) a well timed non-sequitur.
c) a medical discussion. d) talk about hair removal.
Epizeuxis: (n) a) talk interrupted by a seizure. b) an obsessive disorder where a person cannot be diverted from a particular subject. c)emphatic verbal repetition. d) long windedness.
Facundity: (n) a) talking a lot. b) talking about productivity. c) confused speech. d) eloquence.
Fissilingual: (adj) a) having a forked tongue. b) having a quick wit. c) a volcanic temper, erupting in a lava stream of “hot words.” d) saying everything twice.
Galimatias: (n) a) speaking quickly, the words veritably galloping from the mouth b) confused, meaningless jargon, c) speaking of weights and measures d) words coined by the Ancient Roman General Galimatus.
Glossolalia: (n) a) slick, convincing arguments, often said of politicians. b) large vocabulary. c) a stuttering rolling R sound, common to the dialects of the south seas. d) gibberish; non-sensical talk, often said of politicians.
Lamprophony: (n) a) words that refer to light b) cell phone that glows in the dark or come equipped with a light. c) speech that leads the way or gets people excited d)loud, ringing speech
Monoglot: (n) a) someone fluent in only one language b) someone who says the same thing over and over. c) trying to talk with something stuck in the throat. d) a baby’s first spoken word.
Mugient: (adj) a) talking about the weather, b)bellowing, c) one sided conversation d) spitting while talking
Remugient: (adj.) a) ceaseless shouting or bellowing b)renewed shouting or bellowing c) two one sided conversations carried on at once d) to remove or ignore someone who is
talking out of turn
Suaviloquence: n. a) bland, agreeable, soothing talk b) one who talks their way into
places above their station, c) eloquent and well dressed, d) words or speeches pertaining to fashion.
The answers will go up with next week's blog.
Until then may the cat never get your tongue.
Altiloquence: (n) a)pompous speech. b) speaking in tongues. c) speaking with a high, squeaky voice. d) calming, placating speech patterns.
Amadelphous: (n) a) speaking more than one language. b) prophetic speech. c) sing-song speech patterns. d) talkative.
Claver: (n) a) loud noises. b) gossip. c) witticisms. d) interruptions.
Epilegoemenon: (n) a) an added or additional remark. b) a well timed non-sequitur.
c) a medical discussion. d) talk about hair removal.
Epizeuxis: (n) a) talk interrupted by a seizure. b) an obsessive disorder where a person cannot be diverted from a particular subject. c)emphatic verbal repetition. d) long windedness.
Facundity: (n) a) talking a lot. b) talking about productivity. c) confused speech. d) eloquence.
Fissilingual: (adj) a) having a forked tongue. b) having a quick wit. c) a volcanic temper, erupting in a lava stream of “hot words.” d) saying everything twice.
Galimatias: (n) a) speaking quickly, the words veritably galloping from the mouth b) confused, meaningless jargon, c) speaking of weights and measures d) words coined by the Ancient Roman General Galimatus.
Glossolalia: (n) a) slick, convincing arguments, often said of politicians. b) large vocabulary. c) a stuttering rolling R sound, common to the dialects of the south seas. d) gibberish; non-sensical talk, often said of politicians.
Lamprophony: (n) a) words that refer to light b) cell phone that glows in the dark or come equipped with a light. c) speech that leads the way or gets people excited d)loud, ringing speech
Monoglot: (n) a) someone fluent in only one language b) someone who says the same thing over and over. c) trying to talk with something stuck in the throat. d) a baby’s first spoken word.
Mugient: (adj) a) talking about the weather, b)bellowing, c) one sided conversation d) spitting while talking
Remugient: (adj.) a) ceaseless shouting or bellowing b)renewed shouting or bellowing c) two one sided conversations carried on at once d) to remove or ignore someone who is
talking out of turn
Suaviloquence: n. a) bland, agreeable, soothing talk b) one who talks their way into
places above their station, c) eloquent and well dressed, d) words or speeches pertaining to fashion.
The answers will go up with next week's blog.
Until then may the cat never get your tongue.
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