Pauciloquent is today’s Word of the Day. Being a communications professional, one has to know timing. Timing from your first word to your last word. How to speak briefly to speak longer. Paicolquent describes a person of few words.
| WORD | TYPE | DEFINITION | PRONUNCIATION |
| Pauciloquent | Adjective | A term to describe someone who speaks with very few words in conversation; Someone who is very brief with their presentation/speech; Terse | paw-SIL-uh-kwent |
| SOURCE | Earliest use found in 17th century by Thomas Blount (1618 – 1679), antiquary and lexicographer. Latin pauciloquium (speaking few words) from pauci- + -loquium (from loqui to speak) | ||
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Information Sources: Combination of Dictionary.com; Dictionary of American Regional English; Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Collins English Dictionary; Oxford English Dictionary; Vocabulary.com; A Word a Day; The Etyman™; The Word Finder (J.I. Rodale)
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