a. rare–1. [f. L. alloqui-um address (f. al- = ad- to + loqui to speak) + -AL 1; cf. ALLOCUTION.] Of, or pertaining to, the action of addressing others; contrasted with colloquial or conversational.
1840. De Quincey, Style, in Blackw. Mag., XLVIII. 11. There are no such people endured or ever heard of in France as alloquial wits; people who talk to but not with a circle.
