Definitions for loquacious
loʊˈkweɪ ʃəslo·qua·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talkyadjective

   full of trivial conversation

   "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. loquaciousadjective

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

2. Etymology: From loquacis, ‘talkative’, from loqui, ‘to speak’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loquaciousadjective

   Etymology: loquax, Latin.

   1. Full of talk; full of tongue.

   To whom sad Eve,
   Confessing soon; yet not before her judge
   Bold, or loquacious, thus abash’d reply’d. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

   In council she gives licence to her tongue,
   Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden.

   2. Speaking.

   Blind British bards, with volant touch
   Traverse loquacious strings, whose solemn notes
   Provoke to harmless revels. Philips.

   3. Blabbing; not secret.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loquacious

   Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is plain language. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity; similarly Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others, famously avoid it. Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.

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1. loquacious

   Loquacious refers to someone who is talkative or tends to speak a lot, often excessively or at length. It implies a tendency to use many words, or to enjoy having extended conversations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loquaciousadjective

   given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous

2. Loquaciousadjective

   speaking; expressive

3. Loquaciousadjective

   apt to blab and disclose secrets

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loquacious

   lo-kwā′shus, adj. talkative.—adv. Loquā′ciously.—ns. Loquā′ciousness, Loquac′ity, talkativeness. [L. loquax, -acis—loqui, to speak.]

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1. aquicolous

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loquacious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loquacious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of loquacious in a Sentence

1. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

   He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loquacious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Loquacious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loquacious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquacious
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loquacious
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=loquacious