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On alieniloquent, alieniloquence, alieniloquacious, alieniloquy, alieniloquist, alieniloquacious, et alios

(not to mention alieniloquently, alieniloquence, alieniloquacious, alieniloque, alieniloquize, alieniloquy, alieniloquial, alieniloquially, alieniloquist, alieniloquism, alieniloquacious, alieniloquaciously, et alios)

Per Oxford Dictionaries Online, an alieniloquy is

an instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling of evasive talk”talk.

Aliens are “others”, of course, thisso this is talking about other things if you would. It derives from

post-classical Latin alieniloquium allegory from classical Latin aliēnus + ‑loquium, after Hellenistic Greek ἀλληγορία.

Since all nouns ending in -iloquy have corresponding derived adjectives ending in ‑iloquent, the world you’re looking for is therefore necessarily alieniloquent, pronounced /ˌeɪlɪəˈnɪləkwənt/.

If that’s not quite the right part of speech, a great number of derivative terms can be similarly derived in a perfectly regular fashion. Unless of course you prefer a term a tad less...grandiloquentgrandiloquent? :-)

On alieniloquent, alieniloquence, alieniloquacious, alieniloquy, alieniloquist, alieniloquacious, et alios

Per Oxford Dictionaries Online, an alieniloquy is

an instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling of evasive talk”.

Aliens are “others”, of course, this this is talking about other things if you would. It derives from

post-classical Latin alieniloquium allegory from classical Latin aliēnus + ‑loquium, after Hellenistic Greek ἀλληγορία.

Since all nouns ending in -iloquy have corresponding derived adjectives ending in ‑iloquent, the world you’re looking for is therefore necessarily alieniloquent, pronounced /ˌeɪlɪəˈnɪləkwənt/.

Unless of course you prefer a term a tad less...grandiloquent? :-)

On alieniloquent

(not to mention alieniloquently, alieniloquence, alieniloquacious, alieniloque, alieniloquize, alieniloquy, alieniloquial, alieniloquially, alieniloquist, alieniloquism, alieniloquacious, alieniloquaciously, et alios)

Per Oxford Dictionaries Online, an alieniloquy is

an instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling of evasive talk.

Aliens are “others”, of course, so this is talking about other things if you would. It derives from

post-classical Latin alieniloquium allegory from classical Latin aliēnus + ‑loquium, after Hellenistic Greek ἀλληγορία.

Since all nouns ending in -iloquy have corresponding derived adjectives ending in ‑iloquent, the world you’re looking for is therefore necessarily alieniloquent pronounced /ˌeɪlɪəˈnɪləkwənt/.

If that’s not quite the right part of speech, a great number of derivative terms can be similarly derived in a perfectly regular fashion. Unless of course you prefer a term a tad less...grandiloquent? :-)

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tchrist
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On alieniloquent, alieniloquence, alieniloquacious, alieniloquy, alieniloquist, alieniloquacious, et alios

Per Oxford Dictionaries Online, an alieniloquy is

an instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling of evasive talk”.

Aliens are “others”, of course, this this is talking about other things if you would. It derives from

post-classical Latin alieniloquium allegory from classical Latin aliēnus + ‑loquium, after Hellenistic Greek ἀλληγορία.

Since all nouns ending in -iloquy have corresponding derived adjectives ending in ‑iloquent, the world you’re looking for is therefore necessarily alieniloquent, pronounced /ˌeɪlɪəˈnɪləkwənt/.

Unless of course you prefer a term a tad less...grandiloquent? :-)