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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Very talkative; garrulous.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Talkative; given to continual talking; chattering.
  2. Synonyms Garrulous, etc. See talkative.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.
  2. adj. Speaking; expressive.
  3. adj. Apt to blab and disclose secrets.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. full of trivial conversation

Etymologies

  1. From Latin loquāx, loquāc-, from loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.

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  • Michael Leonard I've always felt this word was too pretentious. This may only be because I hate the sound of it. Jul 9, 2011

  • promette One of my all time favourites. Aug 4, 2009

  • tybee And so my guilt ridden conscience begs forgiveness from His Loquaciousness for possibly inadvertently contributing to the loss of His train of thought. Jan 25, 2009

  • reesetee Try to ignore it, then. Sep 8, 2008

  • tylertaylor I wish people would stop linking to the word they are discussing. Sep 8, 2008

  • bookhling Am I... Loquacious? Aug 18, 2008

  • milosrdenstvi "His mother, whom drink had made loquacious..."

    -- Cordwainer Smith Aug 15, 2008

  • bilby Loquacious I am. Apr 20, 2008

  • plethora Viktor's more of a physical being. Apr 1, 2008

‘loquacious’ has been looked up 5976 times, loved by 67 people, added to 381 lists, commented on 9 times, and has a Scrabble score of 21.