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loquacious

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lo·qua·cious  (l-kwshs)
adj.
Very talkative; garrulous.
[From Latin loqux, loquc-, from loqu, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
lo·quacious·ly adv.
lo·quacious·ness, lo·quaci·ty (l-kws-t) n.
loquacious
Adjective
talkative [Latin loqui to speak]
loquacity n
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Adj.1.loquacious - full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
chatty, gabby, garrulous, talkative, talky
voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"


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"Why, really," said the physician, with an amusing consciousness of his own resemblance to the loquacious barber of the Arabian Nights, "this is very interesting.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Just then my mother came in, and created a diversion in my favour by her loquacious and animated welcome of the reverend guest.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
cried the loquacious stranger, as they came out under the low archway, which in those days formed the entrance to the coach-yard.
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