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lo·qua·cious

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–adjective

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 loquacious play of the season.

[Origin: 1660–70; loquaci(ty) + -ous

]

—Related forms

lo·qua·cious·ly, adverb

lo·qua·cious·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. verbose, voluble. See talkative.

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lo·qua·cious Audio Help (lō-kwā'shəs) Pronunciation Key
adj. Very talkative; garrulous.

[From Latin loquāx, loquāc-, from loquī, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

lo·qua'cious·ly adv., lo·qua'cious·ness, lo·quac'i·ty (lō-kwās'ĭ-tē) n.

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loquacious

1667, from stem of L. loquax (gen. loquacis) "talkative," from loqui "to speak," of unknown origin. Loquacity is much earlier (12c.), from L. loquacitatem "talkativeness," from loquax.

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loquacious
adjective
full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty]

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Loquacious

Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. --Swift.

Circumlocution office, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

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