quizmail #115

[heatherglen]

Clue please for this one: what ten-letter word, partly derived from the Greek meaning 'short' means the study of concise speech?

[lloyd1e]

parciloquy

[heatherglen]

Many thanks lloyd1e, couldn't get my head round this one. Appreciated.

[geo0939]

I think this is spelled Pauciloquy

[lloyd1e]

I think geo0939 is probably correct - I'd found two words appearing to mean virtually the same thing in the Phrontistery - pauciloquent of few words; speaking little
parciloquy - laconic speech

[heatherglen]

Thank you both. I was away off mark. Greatly appreciated.

[dimple]

Don't wish to be controversial but is'nt Pauciloquy from the latin not Greek?