Associations to the word «Colloquium»

Wiktionary

COLLOQUIUM, noun. A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
COLLOQUIUM, noun. An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
COLLOQUIUM, noun. An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
COLLOQUIUM, noun. (legal) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.

Dictionary definition

COLLOQUIUM, noun. An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
COLLOQUIUM, noun. An address to an academic meeting or seminar.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.