(formal discourse)
41dialogue — I noun bull session, causerie, chat, colloquy, communication, communion, confabulation, conference, confrontation, conversation, debate, discourse, disputation, exchange, formal discourse, give and take, interlocution, interview, palaver, parley …
42Persianate society — Articleissues citationstyle = October 2008 jargon = October 2008 long = October 2008 OR = October 2008 weasel = October 2008A Persianate society (PerB|جوامع پارسی زبان Djāma ye Pārsīzabān ) is a society that is either based on, or strongly… …
43pandect — I (code of laws) noun body of law, canon, canon of laws, charter, code, codification, codified law, collection of laws, complete body of laws, digest, digest of law, enactment, legal code, principles, statute book II (treatise) noun analysis,… …
44filibuster — n 1.U.S. (all in reference to legislation) obstruction, hindrance, impediment, prevention, postponement, delay; (all in reference to formal discourse, to accomplish the preceding) exhortation, declamation, harangue, spiel, tirade, bombast;… …
45Plain language — NOTOC Plain language, also referred to as simple language or clear language , is clear, modern, unpretentious language carefully written to ease understanding. It is a reaction to the alleged gobbledygook (aka Legal English) used by lawyers and… …
46Caribbean English — is a broad term for the dialects of the English language spoken in the Caribbean, most countries on the Caribbean coast of Central America, and Guyana. Caribbean English is influenced by the English based Creole varieties spoken, but they are not …
47Colloquialism — Col*lo qui*al*ism, n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing. [1913 Webster] …
48Speech — Speech, n. [OE. speche, AS. sp?c, spr?, fr. specan, sprecan, to speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. spr[=a]hha, G. sprache, Sw. spr?k, Dan. sprog. See {Speak}.] 1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing… …
49Ancient Macedonians — The expansion of ancient Macedon up to the death of King Philip II (r. 359–336 BC). The Macedonians (Greek: Μακεδόνες, Makedónes) originated from inhabitants of the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers …
50disquisition — disquisitional, adj. /dis kweuh zish euhn/, n. a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation. [1595 1605; < L disquisition (s. of disquisitio), equiv. to disquisit(us) (ptp. of disquirere to… …
