"loquacious" meaning in English

See loquacious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /loʊˈkweɪʃəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-loquacious.ogg Forms: more loquacious [comparative], most loquacious [superlative]
enPR: lō-kwāʹshəs [US] Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Latin loquāx, loquācis (“talkative”) + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|loquāx|ous|alt1=loquāx, loquācis|lang1=la|t1=talkative}} Latin loquāx, loquācis (“talkative”) + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} loquacious (comparative more loquacious, superlative most loquacious)
  1. Talkative; chatty. Categories (topical): Personality, Talking Synonyms: talkative Derived forms: loquaciously, loquaciousness, scribacious, unloquacious Related terms: locution, loquacity Translations (talkative, chatty): λάλος (lálos) (Ancient Greek), πολύλογος (polúlogos) (Ancient Greek), τανύγλωσσος (tanúglōssos) (Ancient Greek), limbutsescu (Aromanian), limbar (Aromanian), zburyearcu (Aromanian), lafãzan (Aromanian), бъбрив (bǎbriv) (Bulgarian), loquaç (Catalan), 貧嘴 (Chinese Mandarin), 贫嘴 (pínzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 多嘴 (duōzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), povídavý (Czech), praatziek (Dutch), praatgraag (Dutch), puhelias (Finnish), suulas (Finnish), loquace (French), gesprächig (German), redselig (German), geschwätzig (German), schwatzhaft (German), ομιλητικός (omilitikós) (Greek), teangach (Irish), béalach (Irish), loquace (Italian), 多弁な (taben na) (alt: たべんな) (Japanese), loquāx (Latin), garrulus (Latin), збо́рлив (zbórliv) (Macedonian), благогла́голив (blagoglágoliv) (Macedonian), tātākī (Maori), pukukōrero (Maori), kōtetetete (Maori), ам задгай (am zadgaj) (Mongolian), plaprende (Norwegian), gadatliwy (Polish), loquaz (Portuguese), vorbăreț (Romanian), limbut (Romanian), flecar (Romanian), gureș (Romanian), guraliv (Romanian), словоохо́тливый (slovooxótlivyj) (Russian), разгово́рчивый (razgovórčivyj) (Russian), говорли́вый (govorlívyj) (Russian), болтли́вый (boltlívyj) (Russian), beulach (Scottish Gaelic), bruithneach (Scottish Gaelic), labhairteach (Scottish Gaelic), gobach. cabach (Scottish Gaelic), причљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pričljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), locuaz (Spanish), pratsam (Swedish), konuşgan [neuter] (Turkish), geveze (Turkish), балакучий (balakučyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), говіркий (hovirkyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), spikotälik (Volapük), spikodiälik (Volapük)

Alternative forms

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          "text": "\"[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]\"",
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          "code": "rup",
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          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "gesprächig"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "redselig"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "geschwätzig"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "schwatzhaft"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "omilitikós",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "ομιλητικός"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "lálos",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "λάλος"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "polúlogos",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "πολύλογος"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tanúglōssos",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "τανύγλωσσος"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "teangach"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "béalach"
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "alt": "たべんな",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taben na",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "多弁な"
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "zbórliv",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "збо́рлив"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "blagoglágoliv",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "благогла́голив"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "tātākī"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "pukukōrero"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
          "word": "kōtetetete"
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "sense": "talkative, chatty",
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          "roman": "slovooxótlivyj",
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          "roman": "razgovórčivyj",
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      "name": "suf"
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      "form": "more loquacious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "word": "locution"
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      "word": "loquacity"
    }
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        {
          "word": "laconic"
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          "word": "taciturn"
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        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Aromanian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "en:Personality",
        "en:Talking"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 8, in The Deerslayer:",
          "text": "On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:",
          "text": "\"[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]\"",
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        }
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        "Talkative; chatty."
      ],
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        [
          "Talkative",
          "talkative"
        ],
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          "chatty",
          "chatty"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "talkative"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "enpr": "lō-kwāʹshəs",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/loʊˈkweɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "limbutsescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "limbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "zburyearcu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "lafãzan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎbriv",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "бъбрив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "loquaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "貧嘴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pínzuǐ",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "贫嘴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōzuǐ",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "多嘴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "povídavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "praatziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "praatgraag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "puhelias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "suulas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "loquace"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "gesprächig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "redselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "geschwätzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "schwatzhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "omilitikós",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "ομιλητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lálos",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "λάλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "polúlogos",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "πολύλογος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tanúglōssos",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "τανύγλωσσος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "teangach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "béalach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "loquace"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たべんな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taben na",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "多弁な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "loquāx"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "garrulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbórliv",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "збо́рлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "blagoglágoliv",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "благогла́голив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "tātākī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "pukukōrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "kōtetetete"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "am zadgaj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "ам задгай"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "plaprende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "gadatliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "loquaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "vorbăreț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "limbut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "flecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "gureș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "guraliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slovooxótlivyj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "словоохо́тливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgovórčivyj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "разгово́рчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "govorlívyj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "говорли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boltlívyj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "болтли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "beulach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "bruithneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "labhairteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "gobach. cabach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "причљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pričljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "locuaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "pratsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "konuşgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "geveze"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "balakučyj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "балакучий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hovirkyj",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "говіркий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "spikotälik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "spikodiälik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loquacious"
}

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