loquitur

American

[loh-kwi-toor, lok-wi-ter] / ˈloʊ kwɪˌtʊər, ˈlɒk wɪ tər /

Latin.

he speaks; she speaks.

loquitur British

/ ˈlɒkwɪtə /

Usually abbreviated to: loq. he (or she) speaks: used, esp formerly, as a stage direction

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loquitur

In words a 1960s Yale graduate would probably understand but today’s probably wouldn’t: Res ipsa loquitur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Nevertheless, the concept of res ipsa loquitur applies here.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

If you thought your party was good, then it was – res ipsa loquitur.

From Fox News ● Aug. 28, 2020

Res ipsa loquitur, as they say in tort law.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2016

The attempt is more than commonly worthless; but as Montucla and others have referred to the verses at the end, and as the tract is of the rarest, I will quote them: Circulus loquitur.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

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