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loquacious

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lo⋅qua⋅cious

  [loh-kwey-shuhs]
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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   (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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Word Origin & History

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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