Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Very talkative; garrulous.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Talkative; given to continual talking; chattering.
- Synonyms Garrulous, etc. See talkative.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.
- adj. rare Speaking; expressive.
- adj. Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. full of trivial conversation
Etymologies
- From Latin loquacis, ‘talkative’, from loqui, ‘to speak’. (Wiktionary)
- From Latin loquāx, loquāc-, from loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The fascist leader characteristically indulges in loquacious statements about himself.”
“Americans called a loquacious boasting people; now, as far as my limited acquaintance with them goes, I consider they are almost laconic, and if”
“Milo Slade, a 33-year-old home health-care aide suffers from habitual, unignorable impulses to do any number of odd, "pressure-releasing" actions, from twisting open the vacuum-sealed tops of jelly jars (he keeps a supply on hand in his car trunk) to inducing others to speak aloud in spontaneous conversation a random word ( "loquacious," for instance) that has popped into Milo's head.”
“So even in ancient times the Romans already knew the Gauls were "loquacious", aggressive, and argumentative, or in a word "rooster like.”
“As he was an orator, and by no means a great one, being stigmatised as "loquacious" by”
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
“KOTA BARU: She may not have understood the meaning of "loquacious" but that did not stop”
“A quote from Paula Giddings portrays Obama similarly: "That Barack Obama would choose for his life partner a nearly six-foot-tall, incredibly smart, loquacious lioness of a woman told us virtually all we needed to know about his fundamental character -- and the way he felt about us.”
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“Among the road blocks, there are, for starters, the numerous theories -- highly loquacious in cyberspace -- that contend not only that flu vaccination is overtly dangerous, but that there is a systematic effort to delude the public about those dangers.”
The Huffington Post: David Katz, M.D.: What to Do About Flu? Get Vaccinated
“The normally loquacious Chavez, who Venezuelans are used to seeing in near daily television appearances, has been unusually quiet since the surgery more than two weeks ago.”
The Guardian: New images of Hugo Chavez aired on Cuban television
“There is nothing like the loquacious mayhem of a summer picnic with close friends to bring out the very best in serendipitous, anarchic explorations of wine, food and opinions.”
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Tweets
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jodi "I assure you, Agha, that any previous loquacious tendancies have been curtailed and that now more than ever have I sought for and achieved new standards of brevity." - http://www.delilahdirk.com/ddattl/ch1-011-012.html Jul 2, 2012
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