This week’s theme
Misc. words

This week’s words
coquelicot
capacious
double-talk
vaporous
luteous

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PRONUNCIATION:

(DUH-buhl-tahk)

MEANING:

noun:	1. Speech that’s a mix of actual words and gibberish.
	2. Evasive or ambiguous language meant to deceive or confuse.
verb tr., intr.:	To engage in double-talk or to try to persuade with it.

ETYMOLOGY:

From double, from Old French duble/doble (double), from Latin duplus (twofold), from duo (two) + talk, from Middle English talkien, from tale. Earliest documented use: 1938. Also see doublethink.

USAGE:

“No amount of double-talk or diversionary tactics would be able to sway this jury.”
J. Leon Pridgen II; Color of Justice; Strebor Books; 2011.

See more usage examples of double-talk in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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