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LOQUACIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loquaciousness mean? 

LOQUACIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun LOQUACIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being wordy and talkativeplay

  Familiarity information: LOQUACIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOQUACIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being wordy and talkative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

garrulity; garrulousness; loquaciousness; loquacity; talkativeness

Hypernyms ("loquaciousness" is a kind of...):

communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loquaciousness"):

leresis (rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged))

Derivation:

loquacious (full of trivial conversation)


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