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lo⋅qua⋅cious
[loh-kwey-shuh
s] 
–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. |
Related forms:
lo⋅qua⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
lo⋅qua⋅cious⋅ness, noun
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| lo·qua·cious (lō-kwā'shəs) adj. Very talkative; garrulous. [From Latin loquāx, loquāc-, from loquī, to speak; see tolkw- 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
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. Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. --Dryden. 2. Speaking; expressive. [R.] --J. Philips. 3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets. Syn: Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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