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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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