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Loquacity (pronounced loh-KWAS-uh-tee)

A noun meaning the quality of being very talkative or speaking at great length; excessive talkativeness.

Examples:

• Her loquacity made it hard for anyone else to get a word in during the meeting.

• The professor's natural loquacity turned a five-minute explanation into a forty-minute lecture.

• Despite his reputation for loquacity, he listened more than he spoke during the negotiation.

Sample quote:

His loquacity filled every pause, leaving silence no room to breathe.

Origin:

From Latin loquacitas, meaning “talkativeness,” derived from loquax (“talkative”), which comes from loqui (“to speak”). The same Latin root appears in related words such as eloquent, colloquial, and soliloquy.

Formality:

Loquacity is formal to neutral in tone. It is most often used in literary, academic, or descriptive writing, and it is less common in casual everyday speech.

How to remember it:

Think of loquacity as sounding like “local chatty”: a very chatty local person shows great loquacity.

Synonyms:

Talkativeness, garrulity, verbosity, volubility, chattiness

Antonyms:

Reticence, taciturnity, silence, reserve, quietness

Do you remember yesterday's word "fluff"? It means light, soft material or something trivial or lacking substance. The article was mostly fluff with little real information.

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