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Loquacious: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Loquacious adjective. Talking a great deal, easily and often.
How to say it
luh-KWAY-shus/lə(ʊ)ˈkweɪʃəs/
3 syllables, stressed on the second (KWAY).
Loquacious in a sentence
Our loquacious taxi driver covered politics, football and his knee operation before the first roundabout.
Two glasses of wine made the usually shy accountant remarkably loquacious.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- talkative
- chatty
- garrulous
- voluble
Opposite:
Where loquacious comes from
From Latin loquax, talkative, from loqui, to speak.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Two glasses of wine made the usually shy accountant remarkably _____.
- loquacious
- verbose
- sesquipedalian
Show the answer
loquacious: Two glasses of wine made the usually shy accountant remarkably loquacious.