Loquacious \Lo*qua"cious\, a. [L. loquax, -acis, talkative, fr.
loqui to speak; cf. Gr. ? to rattle, shriek, shout.]
1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.
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Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. --Dryden.
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2. Speaking; expressive. [R.] --J. Philips.
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3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
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Syn: Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
loquacious
adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty, gabby, garrulous,
talkative, talky]
WordNet (r) 2.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "loquacious":
all jaw, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive,
expansive, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib,
gossipy, gregarious, gushy, jabbering, long-winded, loose-tongued,
multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, prolix, smooth,
sociable, talkative, talky, verbose, voluble, windy, wordy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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