interlocutory
Adjective
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Adjective
interlocutory (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation.
- 1821, Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth, ch. 17:
- [A]s he passed through the crowded anterooms . . . never did Leicester return the general greeting with such ready and condescending courtesy. . . . For all the favourite Earl had a bow and smile at least, and often a kind word. . . . A few of Leicester's interlocutory sentences ran as follows:— "Poynings, good morrow; and how does your wife and fair daughter? . . ."
- 1988, Armand White, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XmMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6896,1277863&dq=interlocutory+-decree+-ruling+-court+-law+-proceeding+-divorce+-injunction+-order&hl=en Arsenio Hall more relaxed in comedy with friend Eddy Murphy]," Pittsburgh Press, 3 July, p. B8 (retrieved 2 Nov. 2010):
- The 13-week stint Hall did on Fox Broadcasting's "The Late Show" last fall proved the impact of his interlocutory style.
- 1821, Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth, ch. 17:
- Interjected into something spoken.
- (legal) Expressed during a legal action that awaits final decision.
- (legal) Of or pertaining to legal action that is temporary or provisional.
interlocutory (plural interlocutories)
- (rare) A person engaged in a conversation, an interlocutor.
- 1905, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara, Act I:
- Lady Britomart is . . . well mannered and yet appallingly outspoken and indifferent to the opinion of her interlocutory.
- 1905, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara, Act I:
- Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
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