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loquacious

UK/ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/US/loʊˈkweɪʃəs/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,288 of 15,258neutral

Loquacious means very talkative. A loquacious guest, unusually loquacious, loquacious and charming.

It is a lighter word than talkative sounds and is often affectionate, particularly of somebody who has had a drink. The Latin means talking, and eloquent and colloquial come from the same root.

Definitions of loquacious

  1. 1adjectiveloquaciousVery talkative.C2

    “Our loquacious taxi driver told us his whole life story on the way to the airport.”

loquacious is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin loquax means talkative, from loqui, to speak.

  1. Latin

    loquor

  2. English, today

    loquacious

From loquāx, loquācis + ous or from loquacity + -ous, ultimately from Latin loquor -acious.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

loquacious in the wild

  • Slezak typically portrayed wily and loquacious characters, often philosophical, and often with a taste for food, drink, and fine living.

    Walter Slezak

  • A loquacious coachman, the character never became as popular as his famous son but readers have always enjoyed his quaint humour and his even quainter philosophy.

    Tony Weller

  • Abner was a loquacious, genial hillbilly who was sharper than he first appears.

    The Weaver Brothers and Elviry

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the loquor family

eloquentsoliloquy

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