Colloquium (noun)
kol-o-kwee-um
An academic conference or seminar.
Late 16th century (denoting a conversation): from Latin, from colloqui ‘to converse’, from col- ‘together’ + loqui ‘to talk’.
Example sentences
“He gave a short address before the colloquium broke for lunch.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)