loquacity

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Noun

loquacity

1. Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
   • 1887, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist, ch. 17:

     Their silence would have been awkward but for the loquacity of Jane, who talked enough for all three.

   • 1924, W. Somerset Maugham, "Mr Know‐All", Good Housekeeping

     Here was news for us, for Mr Kelada, with all his loquacity, had never told anyone what his business was.

Synonyms

• loquaciousness

Related terms

• loquacious

Translations

• French: loquacité
• German: Schwatzhaftigkeit, Geschwätzigkeit, Gesprächigkeit, Redseligkeit
• Italian: loquacità
• Portuguese: loquacidade
• Russian: говорли́вость
• Spanish: locuacidad

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