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Loquacious


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English[edit]

WOTD – 11 January 2007

Etymology[edit]

From Latin loquāx, loquācis (“talkative”) +‎ -ous.

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Adjective[edit]

loquacious (comparative more loquacious, superlative most loquacious)

  1. Talkative; chatty.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:talkative
    Antonyms: laconic, quiet, reserved, taciturn
    • 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 8, in The Deerslayer:
      On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.
    • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
      " […] and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […] "

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