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loquacious
What does loquacious mean?
loquacious (adjective): talkative; chatty.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use loquacious in a sentence?
- Her loquacious new beau was there, talking everyone's heads off. (Tatoeba sentence #11036096 by shekitten, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce loquacious?
/loʊˈkweɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does loquacious come from?
From Latin loquāx, loquācis (“talkative”) + -ous or from loquacity + -ous, ultimately from Latin loquor + -acious.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of loquacious?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “loquacious” mean?
pleasant-smelling
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excessively quick
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depressingly dark
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talkative; chatty
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Which word is closest in meaning to “loquacious”?
bleak
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nasal
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gabby
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bogus
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