stultiloquy

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‘ustulation’, ‘stultiloquy’, ‘lipothymy’ (λειποθυμία), ‘hyperaspist’

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  1. Foolish talk; silly babbling. [Rare.] What they call facetiousness and pleasant wit is indeed to all wise persons a mere stultiloquy, or talking like a fool. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 741.

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  1. from Latin stultiloquium, foolish talking, from stultiloquus, talking foolishly: see stultiloquent.
 

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