Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as inaniloquous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous

Etymologies

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Latin inanis empty + loqui to speak.

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Examples

  • Let me recite the following phrases as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward towards increased ability to make human life negligible and cheap: inaniloquent gutter-dwellers; the worst types of incontinent, pathetic lounge lizards I've ever seen; egotism; Youtube's surrogates; Youtube.

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  • Speaking foolishly or saying silly things.

    May 14, 2008