"loquacity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: loquacities [plural]
Etymology: From Latin loquacitas. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|loquacitas}} Latin loquacitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loquacity (countable and uncountable, plural loquacities)
  1. Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: loquaciousness Related terms: loquacious Translations (talkativeness): loquacitat [feminine] (Catalan), spraakzaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), parolemo (Esperanto), puheliaisuus (Finnish), loquacité [feminine] (French), locuacidade [feminine] (Galician), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) (Georgian), Schwatzhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Geschwätzigkeit [feminine] (German), Gesprächigkeit [feminine] (German), Redseligkeit (German), loquacità [feminine] (Italian), runība [feminine] (Latvian), valodība [feminine] (Latvian), pļāpība [feminine] (Latvian), pļāpīgums [masculine] (Latvian), runīgums [masculine] (Latvian), valodīgums [masculine] (Latvian), snakkesalighet (Norwegian), loquacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), говорли́вость (govorlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), словоохо́тливость (slovooxótlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), болтли́вость (boltlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), разгово́рчивость (razgovórčivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), locuacidad [feminine] (Spanish), spikotäl (Volapük), spikodiäl (Volapük)

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