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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 talkative
Familiarity information: LOQUACIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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