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Definition of Loquacity
1. Noun. The quality of being wordy and talkative.
Generic synonyms: Communicativeness
Specialized synonyms: Leresis
Derivative terms: Garrulous, Garrulous, Loquacious, Loquacious, Talkative, Talkative, Talkative
Definition of Loquacity
1. n. The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.
Definition of Loquacity
1. Noun. Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loquacity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Loquacity
Literary usage of Loquacity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1894)
"WEARY loquacity AND now forbear, if you can, readers, to smile in the parting,
... Yet, howsoever his weary loquacity may, in this causeless ..."
2. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"WVB OF loquacity AND TEDIOUSNESS IN DISCOURSE A PRATING barber came to trim ...
loquacity is the fistula of the mind,—ever running and almost incurable. ..."
3. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"OF loquacity AND ^TEDIOUSNESS IN DISCOURSE A PRATING barber came to trim King
... loquacity is the fistula of the mind,— ever running and almost incurable. ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... A colored Charon— Comfortable quarters — Young men of the west — Reflections
on leaving home — loquacity of the inhabitants — Gray squirrels — Boonville ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"[Prob, suggested by the sb. loquacity, which had previ- ... been introduced into
the language from F. loquacité, ' loquacity ;' '. : Cot. ..."
6. English Prose: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers and by Henry Craik (1920)
"WEARY loquacity AND now forbear, if you can, readers, to smile in the parting,
... Yet, howsoever his weary loquacity may, in this causeless ..."
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