loquacious

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Bill and Halloway appeared loquacious, and inclined to steal glances at Joan when Kells could not notice.

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  1. adjective Very talkative; garrulous.

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  • She is lonely and tends to become loquacious, as lonely people usually do when they get a sympathetic listener Let us have our lunch. —  Mingled With Venom-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 54
  • Seth wasn't particularly loquacious (no doubt he's a bit busy) but here's the conversation: Me: Would you be willing to take about 10 minutes to talk to ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Solo is both self-aware and loquacious, so audiences can feel reasonably comfortable with their handle on him, but William is both terse and unreliable, and the peeks we get into his head aren't enough to show us why his despair is so impenetrable. —  Dane101
  • The loquacious, working-class Billy is taken to fire-and-brimstone Christian rants - claiming, in fact, to have met Jesus Christ-and poor Janet realizes too late that she's grasped a tiger by the tail. —  PopMatters
  • That's solely because the stupendously annoying Piven was perfect casting for a loquacious, overly bright fellow taking over the nearest psych ward or group therapy session. —  The Buffalo News: Home
 

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

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  1. = French loquace = Spanish locuaz = Portuguese loquaz = Italian loquace, from Latin loquax (loquac-), talkative, from Latin loqui, speak, = Sanskritlap, speak. From Latin loqui come also ult. English eloquent, grandiloquent, magniloquent, etc., colloquy, obloquy, soliloquy, etc., locution, allocution, elocution, circumlocution, etc.
 

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/ləˈkweɪʃəs/
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