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loquacity - 3 dictionary results

lo⋅quac⋅i⋅ty

[loh-kwas-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
2. an instance of talkativeness or garrulity; a loquacious flow of talk: The sherry increased my loquacity.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L loquācitās talkativeness, equiv. to loquāci-, s. of loquāx talkative (deriv. of loquī to speak; cf. eloquent ) + -tās -ty 2
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.

Loquacity

Lo*quac"i*ty\, n. [L. loquacitas: cf. F. loquacit['e].] The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.

Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits. --Arbuthnot.
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