Toggle nav

1. Word finder
2. Word definitions
3. vaniloquence

The Collaborative International Dictionary

Vaniloquence

Vaniloquence \Va*nil"o*quence\, n. [L. vaniloquentia; vanus vain + loquentia talk, loqui to speak.] Vain or foolish talk. [Obs.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary

vaniloquence

"idle talk," 1620s, from Latin vaniloquentia, from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain) + loquens, from loqui "to speak" (see locution).

Wiktionary

vaniloquence

n. idle or vain talk.