loquacious

loquacious
loquacious 1660s, back formation from loquacity or else formed from stem of L. loquax (gen. loquacis) "talkative," from loqui "to speak" (see LOCUTION (Cf. locution)) + -OUS (Cf. -ous). Related: Loquaciously; loquaciousness.

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  • Loquacious — Lo*qua cious, a. [L. loquax, acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. ? to rattle, shriek, shout.] 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. [1913 Webster] Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loquacious — I adjective babbling, blabbing, chattering, chatty, communicative, copious in speech, disposed to talk freely, effusive, exuberant, flatulent, fluent, gabby, garrulous, garrulus, glib, gushy, informative, jabbering, long winded, longiloquent,… …   Law dictionary

  • loquacious — garrulous, voluble, glib, *talkative Analogous words: fluent, *vocal, articulate, glib, eloquent, voluble: chatting or chatty, gabbing or gabby, chattering, prating, jabbering (see corresponding verbs at CHAT) Contrasted words: reserved, taciturn …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • loquacious — [adj] talkative babbling, chattering, chatty, fluent, gabby*, garrulous, gossipy, jabbering, long winded*, loose lipped*, motormouth*, multiloquent, prolix, verbose, voluble, wordy, yacking*; concepts 267,401 Ant. quiet, restrained, silent,… …   New thesaurus

  • loquacious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ talkative. DERIVATIVES loquaciously adverb loquaciousness noun loquacity noun. ORIGIN Latin loquax, from loqui to talk …   English terms dictionary

  • loquacious — [lō kwā′shəs] adj. [< L loquax (gen. loquacis) < loqui, to speak + OUS] very talkative; fond of talking SYN. TALKATIVE loquaciously adv. loquaciousness n …   English World dictionary

  • loquacious — loquaciously, adv. loquaciousness, n. /loh kway sheuhs/, adj. 1. talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest. 2. characterized by excessive talk; wordy: easily the most… …   Universalium

  • loquacious — [[t]ləkwe͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as loquacious, you mean that they talk a lot. [FORMAL] The normally loquacious Mr O Reilly has said little. Syn: talkative …   English dictionary

  • loquacious — adjective /ləʊˈkweɪʃəs,loʊˈkweɪʃəs/ Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation. On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the… …   Wiktionary

  • loquacious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. talkative, voluble, chattering, fluent; see talkative , verbose . See Synonym Study at talkative . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [loh KWAY shus] talkative, gabby. Talk show hosts are naturally… …   English dictionary for students

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