loquacious
lo·qua·cious adjective \lō-ˈkwā-shəs\
Definition of LOQUACIOUS
1
: full of excessive talk : wordy
2
: given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous
— lo·qua·cious·ly adverb
— lo·qua·cious·ness noun
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Examples of LOQUACIOUS
a loquacious and glib politician
the loquacious host of a radio talk show
… long-cultivated dislikes and resentments, combined with a general expectation of coming apocalypse. He talked about these topics in a manner that managed to be tight-lipped and loquacious at the same time. —Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 22 & 29 Dec. 2003
Origin of LOQUACIOUS
Latin loquac-, loquax, from loqui to speak
First Known Use: 1663
Related to LOQUACIOUS
Synonyms: blabby, chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, talkative, motormouthed, mouthy, talky
Antonyms: closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative
See Synonym Discussion at talkative
Rhymes with LOQUACIOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious