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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