Literary notes about Colloquy (AI summary)
In literature "colloquy" is often used to denote a formal, sometimes even ritualistic, exchange of words that carries a weight beyond ordinary conversation. It appears in settings as intimate as whispered secrets between characters ([1], [2], [3]) and as grand as debates among prominent figures or deities ([4], [5], [6], [7]). The term serves to elevate the dialogue, signaling not only the exchange of ideas but also the emotional or historical significance embedded in the interaction ([8], [9], [10]). This layered usage underscores a stylistic choice that imbues discussions with a sense of ceremony, depth, and narrative importance.
- Then happened a singular thing, and one that effectually concluded our whispered colloquy.
— from The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Sax Rohmer - They stopped, and engaged in a whispered colloquy.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - Luckily Mère Fourcy was in the cellar at that moment, so that she did not hear the colloquy between the two ladies.
— from The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX) by Paul de Kock - LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE) THE LOVERS' COLLOQUY.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo - “What does this knave want with me?” said he, in stentorian tones, which rendered the entire hall attentive to this strange colloquy.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - XIVb The Colloquy of the Morrigan and Cuchulain , 161.
— from The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge - This officer rode up to the Hellenes with a body of cavalry, and sending forward an interpreter, stated that he desired a colloquy with the leaders.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon - During the colloquy that followed, he was in the dark as to what the trouble was, but it was afterwards explained to him.
— from Jack the Young Explorer: A Boy's Experiances in the Unknown Northwest by George Bird Grinnell - I had been standing behind him during this colloquy.
— from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells - Every moment the colloquy continued in this tone, he felt more and more guilty.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
