loquacious

[ loh-kwey-shuhs ]

adjective

1. talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous:

   a loquacious dinner guest.

   Synonyms: voluble, verbose

2. characterized by excessive talk; wordy:

   easily the most loquacious play of the season.

loquacious

/ lɒˈkweɪʃəs; lɒˈkwæsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. characterized by or showing a tendency to talk a great deal

Derived Forms

• loquacity, noun
• loˈquaciously, adverb

Other Words From

• lo·quacious·ly adverb
• lo·quacious·ness noun
• unlo·quacious adjective
• unlo·quacious·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of loquacious¹

First recorded in 1660–70; loquaci(ty) + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of loquacious¹

C17: from Latin loquāx from loquī to speak

Synonym Study

See talkative.

Example Sentences

Brain metastasis from his lung cancer caused expressive aphasia, a devastating development for someone as loquacious, open, and socially engaged as Gorman.

From Washington Blade

The normally loquacious Lipinski and Johnny Weir, who strongly feel Valieva should not be competing, provided minimum commentary, and following Valieva’s skate, Weir said, “All I can say is that was the Olympic short program from Kamila Valieva.”

From Time

It’s for my Dad, one of the most outgoing and loquacious people I know but who never really talks at length about his time in the Navy.

From The Daily Beast

Any conversation with Kevin Smith, the loquacious filmmaker/geek god, tends to go to interesting places.

From The Daily Beast

For his part, the usually loquacious Adelson is so far uncharacteristically quiet.

From The Daily Beast

The famously loquacious Clinton told the crowd, “We were told not to speak long.”

From The Daily Beast

Sure, all of us enjoy poking fun at our loquacious, irrepressible, unpredictable vice president.

From The Daily Beast

His characters are often loquacious and satirical, capable of raunchy humor.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Capt was more loquacious than the British man-servant, under similar circumstances, would be.

From Project Gutenberg

Avoid a loquacious propensity; you should never occupy more than your share of the time, or more than is agreeable to others.

From Project Gutenberg

He was quite friendly, and inclined to be loquacious, although he spoke with a slight foreign accent.

From Project Gutenberg

The fille-de-chambre too was handsome and cleanly-looking, but somewhat more loquacious than a weary traveller required.

From Project Gutenberg

The widow was loquacious in her mild slow way; and she was pleased at this opportunity for a little harmless gossip.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chatty
• garrulous
• long-winded
• voluble