Loquacity


[loh-kwas-i-tee] /loʊˈkwæs ɪ ti/

noun, plural loquacities.
1.
the state of being ; talkativeness; garrulity.
2.
an instance of talkativeness or garrulity; a flow of talk:
The sherry increased my loquacity.
n.

c.1200, from Latin loquacitatem (nominative loquacitas) “talkativeness,” from loquax “talkative” (see loquacious). An Old English word for it was ofersprecolnes.

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