Word of the Day 10.11.9
loquacious
lo·qua·cious (l
-kw
sh
s)
adj.
Very talkative; garrulous.
[From Latin loqux, loquc-, from loqu
, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
lo·quacious·ly adv.
lo·quacious·ness, lo·quaci·ty (l-kw
s
-t
) n.
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loquacious – full of trivial conversation; “kept from her housework by gabby neighbors”voluble – marked by a ready flow of speech; “she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations” |
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