loquacity
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9.9
- noun
- /loʊˈkwæsɪti/
- Formal
- Once again, Emily's loquacity came to her rescue.
Examples
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The old woman's burst of loquacity seemed to amaze everybody present.
Fiction book (1992) -
He explained with his customary loquacity.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Look, I know my loquacity--
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I was unable to control my loquacity once I had begun and tried to tell them how those lands had appeared to me.
Fiction book (2001) -
Give me a rain dance, a walk through the projected parking structure, my indubitable loquacity, the ice machine next to the ice truck.
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And so long as the Nicholsons debated alternatives with their characteristic loquacity, the moment for action on her part would be delayed.
Fiction book (1992) -
Loquacity forever, fist bump, have a pleasant and high-volume evening.
Blog text (9) -
Humphrey's loquacity fueled Lyndon Johnson's paranoia of conspiracies and leaks to the press.
Academic text (1998) -
His loquacity made him the life of the party, as he effortlessly engaged everyone in conversation.
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During the meeting, her loquacity distracted the team from the main agenda.
Synonyms
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7.3
Using more words than needed when speaking or writing
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4.7
A habit of talking a lot
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4.4
A habit of talking a lot in a friendly, lively way
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9.9
A habit of talking a lot and for a long time
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9.9
A habit of using too many words that makes people bored
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7.5
Talking or writing with too many words makes people bored
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8.9
A habit of talking a lot about unimportant things
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9.9
A lot of talking about small unimportant things
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9.5
Speech or writing that uses too many words
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6.5
A person who likes to speak a lot in social situations
The use of too many words that makes speech or writing long and boring
Antonyms
How Talkative
- Formal
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8.9
- Formal
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9.9
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4.7
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4.4
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5.2
10
7.8
373
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
loquacity = loquacious (semi-transparent) = loquac + ity
The noun is formed with the productive suffix '-ity' and is related in meaning to 'loquacious', but the stem is the Latin combining form 'loquac-' (not a standalone English word) and the surface forms differ, so the relation is only partially transparent to learners.
Etymology
Loquacity comes from an old Latin root loqu- that means 'speak', and you can see the same root in the word eloquent. So loquacity is the habit or quality of speaking a lot.