interlocution
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of interlocution
1525–35; < Latin interlocūtiōn- (stem of interlocūtiō ) a speaking between, equivalent to interlocūt ( us ) ( see interlocutor) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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But Lyndon Baines Johnson, in his TV interlocution with Walter Cronkite, gave as full a rendition as immediate history is apt to hear.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is destitute of the allegorical element, and like some other productions which are to follow, is a mere dramatic interlocution, lightly and inartificially constructed, with little or no plot.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Simple, and yet eminently dramatic in scene, character, and interlocution, George Eliot has painted pictures from middle and common life, and is thus the exponent of a large humanity.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
In the commencement of the Bible, after a brief prologue, the curtain rises, and we, as spectators, look in upon a process of interlocution.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
A good continued speech, without a good speech of interlocution, shows slowness: and a good reply or second speech, without a good settled speech, showeth shallowness and weakness.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis
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