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Definition of Talkativeness
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 Talkativeness
1. Noun. The state of being talkative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Talkativeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talkativeness
Literary usage of Talkativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays by Plutarch, Arthur Richard Shilleto (1888)
"Philosophy finds talkativeness a disease very difficult and hard to cure. For its
remedy, conversation, requires hearers : but talkative people hear nobody, ..."
2. Winter Evenings: Or Lucubrations on Life and Letters. by Vicesimus Knox (1805)
"With such cautions there is no doubt but that talkativeness is greatly to be
preferred to taciturnity, both for our own and ethers pleasure and improvement. ..."
3. Trade Associations: Their Organization and Management by Emmett Hay Naylor (1921)
"The Dangers of talkativeness Just as a secretary must avoid being too friendly
to certain members, he must never under any condition whatsoever discuss one ..."
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