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Grammar : Adj
Spell : loh-kwey-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : loʊˈkweɪ ʃəs



Definition of loquacious

Origin :
  • 1660s, back-formation from loquacity or else formed from stem of Latin loquax (genitive loquacis) "talkative," from loqui "to speak" (see locution) + -ous. Related: Loquaciously; loquaciousness.
  • adj talkative
Example sentences :
  • He consented, therefore, to all that the loquacious tailor proposed to him.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Taterleg, loquacious as he might be on occasion, knew when to hold his tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • "He's the oldest man in these parts," pursued his loquacious companion.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • A loquacious advocate is more likely to gain his case than a taciturn one.
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
  • At home, in the woods, he is the most frolicsome and loquacious.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 » by Various
  • Finding them, to all seeming, gullible and loquacious, she had even ventured on the Bishop.
  • Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • "Radnor is naturally not loquacious about the matter," he resumed presently.
  • Extract from : « The Four Pools Mystery » by Jean Webster
  • We are growing too loquacious, both on the p. 186stage and off.
  • Extract from : « Obiter Dicta » by Augustine Birrell
  • She was by nature rather a loquacious and, so to speak, irrelevant talker.
  • Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • How do talkative and loquacious differ from garrulous, and from each other?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

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