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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 [lɒˈkweɪʃəs]
adj
characterized by or showing a tendency to talk a great deal
[from Latin loquāx from loquī to speak]
loquaciously  adv
loquacity  [lɒˈkwæsɪtɪ], loquaciousness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
loquacious
adjective talkative, chattering, babbling, chatty, wordy, garrulous, gabby (informal), voluble, gossipy, gassy (informal), blathering The normally loquacious man said little.
Translations
loquacious [ləˈkweɪʃəs] ADJ (frm) → locuaz
loquacious [ləˈkweɪʃəs] (formal) adj (= talkative, garrulous) → loquace
loquacious
adj → redselig
loquacious [ləˈkweɪʃəs] adj (frm) → loquace
loquacious [ləˈkweɪʃəs] adj (frm) → loquace


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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.
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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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