Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loquacious"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Loquacious \Lo*qua"cious\, a. [L. loquax, -acis, talkative, fr.
loqui to speak; cf. Gr. ? 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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

loquacious
adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous},
{talkative}, {talky}]


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