Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Talkative; loquacious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Given to the use of the
tongue ;talkative .
Etymologies
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Latin linguax, -acis, loquacious, from lingua tongue.
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Examples
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On the summit, Obed fully expected to encounter Esther, of whose linguacious powers he had too often been furnished with the most sinister reproofs, and of which he stood in an awe too salutary to covet a repetition of the attacks.
The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Webster's Second, for example, lists linguipotence, ` the mastery of languages, 'linguister (and later lingster), ` interpreter,' and even linguacious, ` loquacious. '
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