loquacity

loquacity
Synonyms and related words:
big mouth, candor, communicativeness, conversableness, effusion, effusiveness, flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent tongue, flux de bouche, flux de paroles, flux of words, frankness, garrulity, garrulousness, gassiness, gift of gab, glibness, gregariousness, gush, gushiness, long-windedness, loose tongue, loquaciousness, openness, prolixity, slush, sociability, spate of words, talkativeness, verbosity, volubility, windiness

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loquacity — index prolixity, tautology Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • loquacity — c.1200, from L. loquacitatem (nom. loquacitas) talkativeness, from loquax talkative (see LOQUACIOUS (Cf. loquacious)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • loquacity — loquacity, loquaciousness garrulity, volubility, glibness, talkativeness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: chattering or chatter, chatting or chat, gabbing or gab, prating or prate, jabbering or jabber (see CHAT vb): fluency, articulateness …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • loquacity — [lō kwas′ə tē] n. [L loquacitas < loquax: see LOQUACIOUS] talkativeness, esp. when excessive …   English World dictionary

  • Loquacity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Loquacity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 loquacity loquacity loquaciousness Sgm: N 1 talkativeness talkativeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 garrulity garrulity Sgm: N 1 multiloquence multiloquence much speaking GRP …   English dictionary for students

  • loquacity — /loh kwas i tee/, n., pl. loquacities. 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. [1595 1605; < L loquacitas… …   Universalium

  • loquacity — noun Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious. Their silence would have been awkward but for the loquacity of Jane, who talked enough for all three. Syn: loquaciousness See Also: loquacious …   Wiktionary

  • loquacity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Talkativeness Nouns 1. loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness, volubility, garrulity, multiloquence, flow of words, gift of gab, eloquence, fluency. Slang, flannel mouth. See speech. 2. diffuseness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • loquacity — loquacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ talkative. DERIVATIVES loquaciously adverb loquaciousness noun loquacity noun. ORIGIN Latin loquax, from loqui to talk …   English terms dictionary

  • loquacity — noun Date: 13th century the quality or state of being very talkative …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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