interlocutory

interlocutory
a) Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation.

[A]s he passed through the crowded anterooms . . . never did Leicester return the general greeting with such ready and condescending courtesy. . . . For all the favourite Earl had a bow and smile at least, and often a kind word. . . . A few of Leicesters interlocutory sentences ran as follows:— "Poynings, good morrow; and how does your wife and fair daughter? . . ."

b) Interjected into something spoken.

The 13-week stint Hall did on Fox Broadcastings "The Late Show" last fall proved the impact of his interlocutory style.

2. noun
A person engaged in a conversation, an interlocutor.

Lady Britomart is . . . well mannered and yet appallingly outspoken and indifferent to the opinion of her interlocutory.


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