logorrheic
- adjective
- /ˌlɒɡəˈriːɪk/
- Specialized
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logorreico
- During the meeting, his logorrheic remarks overwhelmed the main points we needed to discuss.
Examples
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Her logorrheic nature made it difficult for her friends to get a word in during conversations.
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The logorrheic speaker went on for an hour without taking a breath, filling the room with his endless chatter.
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I know, I know, between the ridiculously logorrheic blogging here and other online activities, coupled with even more ridiculous long hours working at his day job, it's hard to conceive.
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Synonyms
18
5.8
Saying or writing more words than needed and taking too long
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3.7
Using more words than needed makes the meaning hard to understand
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6.8
Using more words than needed when speaking or writing
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8.6
Talking too much about small unimportant things
3
6.9
Talking a lot in a lively or outspoken way
Talking much more than others want to hear
Full of long conversations that feel boring
To use more words than needed in speech or writing to say something simple
Using more words than needed to say what you mean in a roundabout way
Antonyms
How Talkative
- Specialized
- Formal
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8.6
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7.1
- Formal
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9.9
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word logorrheic comes from the Greek roots logos 'word' and rhein 'to flow', and you can see the same log- in logic. So a logorrheic person has a 'flow of words' and speaks too much and often cannot stop.