noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Rare literary term for a casual conversation or chat. In modern Japanese, 会話 or 談話 are far more common.
古い小説で「二人はしばし偶語を交わした」という表現を見かける。
In old novels, you come across expressions like 'the two exchanged a brief conversation.'
Compound of 偶 (chance, by chance) and 語 (word, speech). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'casual conversation.'