"talkaholic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more talkaholic [comparative], most talkaholic [superlative]
Etymology: talk + -aholic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|talk|aholic}} talk + -aholic Head templates: {{en-adjective}} talkaholic (comparative more talkaholic, superlative most talkaholic)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by incessant talking.
    Sense id: en-talkaholic-en-adj-~~dbOOQ6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: talk-aholic

Noun [English]

Forms: talkaholics [plural]
Etymology: talk + -aholic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|talk|aholic}} talk + -aholic Head templates: {{en-noun}} talkaholic (plural talkaholics)
  1. An incessant talker. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: motormouth Related terms: talkaholism
    Sense id: en-talkaholic-en-noun-1pN-xAxt Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -aholic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -aholic: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: talk-aholic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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