loquacity
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9.9
- noun
- /loʊˈkwæsɪti/
- Formal
:
loquacidad
- 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
A person who likes to speak a lot in social situations
A habit of talking a lot about unimportant things
A lot of talking about small unimportant things
Speech or writing that uses too many words
The use of too many words that makes speech or writing long and boring
Antonyms
How Talkative
- Formal
- 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
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7.8
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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.