logorrhea

[ law-guh-ree-uh, log-uh- ]
/ ˌlɔ gəˈri ə, ˌlɒg ə- /
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noun

pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility.

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Origin of logorrhea

First recorded in 1900–05; logo- + -rrhea

OTHER WORDS FROM logorrhea

log·or·rhe·ic, adjective

Words nearby logorrhea

logopaedics, logopedics, logophile, logophobia, logoplegia, logorrhea, logorrhoea, logos, logotype, logperch, logroll
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Words related to logorrhea

verboseness, verbiage, loquacity, prolixity, loquaciousness, talkativeness, grandiloquence, wordiness, verbosity, volubility, glibness, garrulity, diffusion, rhetoric, redundancy, copiousness, circumlocution, diffuseness, repetition, pleonasm

Example sentences from the Web for logorrhea

  • I've got enough trouble without your coming down with logorrhea.

    Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey

Medical definitions for logorrhea

logorrhea
[ lŏg′ə-rē′ə ]

n.

Excessive use of words.
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