Meaning of LOQUACIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | low'kweyshus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" |
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| | Synonyms: | | chatty, gabby, garrulous, talkative, talky, voluble |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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| | Related Terms: | | all jaw, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive, expansive, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, jabbering, long-winded, loose-tongued, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, prolix, smooth, sociable, talkative, talky, verbose, voluble, windy, wordy |
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