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logorrhea

[law-guh-ree-uh, log-uh-] Example Sentences Origin

log·or·rhe·a

[law-guh-ree-uh, log-uh-]
noun
1.
pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
2.
incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility.

Origin:
1900–05; logo- + -rrhea

log·or·rhe·ic, adjective
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Example Sentences
  • Moody has continued turning out those terrifically weird sentences, long incantatory jags of deadpan logorrhea.
  • Obviously, the publisher saw a one-time author with severe logorrhea problems.
  • Serious writers are sometimes mocked for logorrhea as well.
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logorrhoea or esp (US) logorrhea (ˌlɒɡəˈrɪə)
 
n
excessive, uncontrollable, or incoherent talkativeness
 
logorrhea or esp (US) logorrhea
 
n

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Word Origin & History

logorrhea
1902, from logos + ending from diarrhea.
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Medical Dictionary

logorrhea log·or·rhe·a (lŏg'ə-rē'ə)
n.
Excessive use of words.

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