loquacious
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9.9
- adjective
- /loʊˈkw eɪ ʃəs/
- Formal
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locuaz
- During the family gathering, my loquacious uncle entertained everyone with his endless tales.
- famously loquacious
- usually loquacious
- very loquacious
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- And into this kind of Infinity pool of English that's in this this kind of loquacious American line is also English.
Examples
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The usually loquacious Tibbles was unexpectedly silent.
Fiction book (2001) -
He's in his 40s: a flamboyant and loquacious man with a heavy (and fake) middle-European accent.
Fiction book (1995) -
And we suffer from being too loquacious as a party.
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I am a sort of loquacious argumentative person.
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And where is the loquacious Mrs. Hubbard?
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This Jerry of yours, Stiglitz, not exactly the loquacious type, is he?
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You are indeed both loquacious and knowledgeable, as demonstrated in your very good post today!
Blog text (1) -
Dazzle was beginning to miss the company of other dogs, even if they weren't especially bright or loquacious.
Fiction book (1999) -
So, the gentleman who normally tends a tranquil Tokyo hotel bar became a loquacious showman.
Blog text (28) -
The plaintiff's lawyer was very loquacious and had such a detailed, even repetitive, step-by-step method of questioning everyone.
Blog text (21)
Synonyms
36
3.3
Talking a lot in a friendly, informal way
33
2.5
A person who likes to speak a lot with other people
6
7.0
Talking a lot about small, unimportant things
3
8.6
Talking too much about small unimportant things
3
6.9
Talking a lot in a lively or outspoken way
1
7.9
Talking a lot about small, unimportant things
Talking a lot in a friendly, lively way
Talking much more than others want to hear
A person who talks a lot in a loud, rude way
Antonyms
How Talkative
Surface Forms
Morphology
loquacious = loquac + ious
Although historically analyzable as loqu- + -ious, the stem 'loquac' is not a productive standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from its parts.
Etymology
Loquacious comes from the Latin root loqui, which means 'to speak'. You can see the same root in words like dialogue, so loquacious describes someone who speaks a lot or is 'talkative'.