loquaciousadj.

Brit.

/lə(ʊ)ˈkweɪʃəs/, U.S.

/loʊˈkweɪʃəs/

Etymology: < Latin loquāci-, loquāx ( < loquī to speak) + -ous suffix.

1. Given to much talking; talkative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 161 To whom sad Eve..Confessing soon, yet not before her Judge Bold or loquacious, thus abasht repli'd.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 296. ⁋1 The chief Exercise of the Female loquacious Faculty.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 110 Loquacious insolent! she cries, forbear.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 253 Thersites only of loquacious tongue Ungovern'd.

1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 9 The new..Philosophy insisted that men should be less loquacious, but more laborious.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 460 He was not loquacious: but, when he was forced to speak in public, his natural eloquence moved the envy of practised rhetoricians.

1901 Longman's Mag. June 152 Abel, in an unusually loquacious mood, repeated his question.

2. transferred. Of birds, water, or the like: Chattering, babbling. Chiefly poetic.

ΚΠ

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 115 He..fills his Maw with Fish, or with loquacious Frogs.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 694 The black Swallow..To furnish her loquacious Nest with Food.

1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 445 Blind British bards, with volant touch Traverse loquacious strings.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 86 The chough, the sea-mew, the loquacious crow.

1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xiii. 206 For a moment the water was loquacious as..punts shot past.

Derivatives

loˈquaciously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adverb]

roundly1546

babblingly1561

babblishly1574

talkatively1589

full-moutha1605

fluently1613

volubly?1615

gliba1623

glibly1669

gash1721

gashlya1774

rattlingly1824

loquaciously1854

garrulously1859

chatteringly1864

communicatively1868

chattily1892

talkingly1895

gushily1921

yappingly1924

1854 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Mar. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. i. 83 The rooks were talking together very loquaciously.

loˈquaciousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun]

overspeecheOE

tongue-itch1540

multiloquy1542

long tongue1557

garrulity1581

slipperiness1589

polylogy1602

volubility1602

loquacity1603

lubricity1603

tonguiness1607

overspeakinga1610

talkativeness1609

philology1623

tongue-vice1628

glibness1633

futility1640

linguacity1656

garrulousness1727

linguosity1727

loquaciousness1727

multiloquiousness1727

jaw1748

multiloquence1760

flippancy1789

verbal diarrhoea1808

magpiety1832

big mouth1834

pleniloquence1838

chattiness1876

open-mouthedness1883

gabbiness1887

garrulance1890

irreticence1919

talkiness1934

ear-bashing1945

mee-mawing1974

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Loquaciousness, talkativeness.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. vi. 220 She preserves the due mean between taciturnity and loquaciousness.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. i. 18 The taciturnity of history, and the loquaciousness of archaiology.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	loquacious
释义	loquaciousadj. Brit. /lə(ʊ)ˈkweɪʃəs/, U.S. /loʊˈkweɪʃəs/ Etymology: < Latin loquāci-, loquāx ( < loquī to speak) + -ous suffix. 1. Given to much talking; talkative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 161 To whom sad Eve..Confessing soon, yet not before her Judge Bold or loquacious, thus abasht repli'd. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 296. ⁋1 The chief Exercise of the Female loquacious Faculty. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 110 Loquacious insolent! she cries, forbear. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 253 Thersites only of loquacious tongue Ungovern'd. 1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 9 The new..Philosophy insisted that men should be less loquacious, but more laborious. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 460 He was not loquacious: but, when he was forced to speak in public, his natural eloquence moved the envy of practised rhetoricians. 1901 Longman's Mag. June 152 Abel, in an unusually loquacious mood, repeated his question. 2. transferred. Of birds, water, or the like: Chattering, babbling. Chiefly poetic. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 115 He..fills his Maw with Fish, or with loquacious Frogs. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 694 The black Swallow..To furnish her loquacious Nest with Food. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 445 Blind British bards, with volant touch Traverse loquacious strings. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 86 The chough, the sea-mew, the loquacious crow. 1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xiii. 206 For a moment the water was loquacious as..punts shot past. Derivatives loˈquaciously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adverb] roundly1546 babblingly1561 babblishly1574 talkatively1589 full-moutha1605 fluently1613 volubly?1615 gliba1623 glibly1669 gash1721 gashlya1774 rattlingly1824 loquaciously1854 garrulously1859 chatteringly1864 communicatively1868 chattily1892 talkingly1895 gushily1921 yappingly1924 1854 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Mar. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. i. 83 The rooks were talking together very loquaciously. loˈquaciousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] overspeecheOE tongue-itch1540 multiloquy1542 long tongue1557 garrulity1581 slipperiness1589 polylogy1602 volubility1602 loquacity1603 lubricity1603 tonguiness1607 overspeakinga1610 talkativeness1609 philology1623 tongue-vice1628 glibness1633 futility1640 linguacity1656 garrulousness1727 linguosity1727 loquaciousness1727 multiloquiousness1727 jaw1748 multiloquence1760 flippancy1789 verbal diarrhoea1808 magpiety1832 big mouth1834 pleniloquence1838 chattiness1876 open-mouthedness1883 gabbiness1887 garrulance1890 irreticence1919 talkiness1934 ear-bashing1945 mee-mawing1974 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Loquaciousness, talkativeness. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. vi. 220 She preserves the due mean between taciturnity and loquaciousness. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. i. 18 The taciturnity of history, and the loquaciousness of archaiology. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1667
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