Synonyms for loquacity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : loh-kwas-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : loʊˈkwæs ɪ ti

Définition of loquacity

Origin : c.1200, from Latin loquacitatem (nominative loquacitas) "talkativeness," from loquax "talkative" (see loquacious). An Old English word for it was ofersprecolnes.

noun talkativeness

Example sentences :

And Jukes, silent, marvelled at this display of feeling and loquacity.
Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad

After so many failures you have at length succeeded in repressing your loquacity.
Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton

Either that, or she had a basic flaw of loquacity that no one else had discovered.
Extract from : « The Perfectionists » by Arnold Castle

And Jim's silence irritated them far more than Arthur Freet's loquacity.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

They did not reply, having their own ideas as to Captain Candage's loquacity.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

Once there, the spirits resumed their loquacity, and dubbed me 'Poet of Science.'
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

But I expected to obtain information from the fountain-head, and checked his loquacity.
Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various

One of them was an old servant, possessed of a strong passion for loquacity.
Extract from : « Bits of Blarney » by R. Shelton Mackenzie

Brougham's loquacity was intolerable, and his conceit immense.
Extract from : « The Mother of Parliaments » by Harry Graham

After this bit of loquacity Petersen smiled blissfully—and said no more.
Extract from : « The Walking Delegate » by Leroy Scott

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