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Vaniloquence
Va-nil′o-quence
,Noun.
[L.
vaniloquentia
; vanus
vain + loquentia
talk, loqui
to speak.] Vain or foolish talk.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
vaniloquence
vaniloquence
English
Noun
vaniloquence (uncountable)
- Idle or vain talk.
- 1850, George Field, The analogy of logic, and logic of analogy, London: David Bogue, page 140 :
- In philosophy, however, it is to be deplored that eloquence too commonly passes for science, being mistaken for logical acquirement; but truth alone is the just eloquence of philosophy, and without it the finest composition is, to the logician, but babbling and vaniloquence.
- 1850, George Field, The analogy of logic, and logic of analogy, London: David Bogue, page 140 :