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Webster 1913 Edition


Loquacious

Lo-qua′cious

,
Adj.
[L.
loquax
,
-acis
, talkative, fr.
loqui
to speak; cf. Gr. [GREEK] to rattle, shriek, shout.]
1.
Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.
Loquacious
, brawling, ever in the wrong.
Dryden.
2.
Speaking; expressive.
[R.]
J. Philips.
3.
Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
Syn. – Garrulous; talkative. See
Garrulous
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Loquacious

LOQUA'CIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. loquax, from loquor, to speak. Eng. to clack.]
1.
Talkative; given to continual talking.
Loquacious, brawling ever in the wrong.
2.
Speaking; noisy.
Bling British bards, with volant touch, traverse loquacious strings.
3.
Apt to blab and disclose secrets.

Definition 2024


loquacious

loquacious

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loquacious (comparative more loquacious, superlative most loquacious)

  1. Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.
    • 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer, ch. 8:
      On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.

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