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单词 loquacity
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Definition of loquacity in English:

loquacity

noun ləˈkwasɪtiloʊˈkwæsədi
mass noun
  • The quality of talking a great deal; talkativeness.

    he was renowned for loquacity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I flagged down a passing brother, knowing by now that the old vows of silence had given way to a smiling loquacity.
    • The intoxication was manifest, not so much in violent behavior as in slightly heightened color and increasing loquacity.
    • I continue to be amazed at his eloquent loquacity even if not agreeing with his point of view.
    • They had the generosity, the charm, the loquacity of visiting uncles.
    • Possibly because, as the deputy chief of investigations admitted, his sudden loquacity might well get him a few years off his sentence.
    Synonyms
    talkativeness, over-talkativeness, garrulousness, garrulity, volubility, long-windedness, wordiness, prolixity, verbosity, verbiage, effusiveness, profuseness
    chattiness, chattering, babble, blathering, gibbering
    informal the gift of the gab, yackety-yak, yakking, big mouth, blah-blah, gabbiness, gassiness
    rare logorrhoea, multiloquence

Rhymes

audacity, capacity, fugacity, mendacity, opacity, perspicacity, pertinacity, pugnacity, rapacity, sagacity, sequacity, tenacity, veracity, vivacity, voracity

Definition of loquacity in US English:

loquacity

nounlōˈkwasədēloʊˈkwæsədi
  • The quality of talking a great deal; talkativeness.

    he was renowned for loquacity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I continue to be amazed at his eloquent loquacity even if not agreeing with his point of view.
    • The intoxication was manifest, not so much in violent behavior as in slightly heightened color and increasing loquacity.
    • Possibly because, as the deputy chief of investigations admitted, his sudden loquacity might well get him a few years off his sentence.
    • They had the generosity, the charm, the loquacity of visiting uncles.
    • I flagged down a passing brother, knowing by now that the old vows of silence had given way to a smiling loquacity.
    Synonyms
    talkativeness, over-talkativeness, garrulousness, garrulity, volubility, long-windedness, wordiness, prolixity, verbosity, verbiage, effusiveness, profuseness
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