Loquacious

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/
• US enPR: lō-kwāʹshÉ™s, IPA: /loʊˈkweɪʃəs/

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Origin

From Latin loquacis, ‘talkative’, from loqui, ‘to speak’.

Full definition of loquacious

Adjective

1. Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.
• 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, , ch. 8:On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.

Synonyms

• chatty, talkative, garrulous

Antonyms

• laconic, quiet, reserved, taciturn

Derived terms

• loquaciously
• loquaciousness

Related terms

• locution
• loquacity