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Pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
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logorrhea
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In psychology , logorrhea or logorrhoea (from Ancient Greek λόγος logos "word" and ῥέω rheo "to flow") is a communication disorder , expressed by excessive wordiness with minor or sometimes incoherent talkativeness. Logorrhea is sometimes classified as ...
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n. pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking [syn: logomania ]
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n. 1 (context psychology English) An excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words. 2 (context humorous English) Excessive talkativeness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1878, from logos + ending from diarrhea .
Usage examples of logorrhea.
The second advantage of this logorrhea is that, thanks to its peremptory character, it is quite naturally regarded as the very essence of the writer.
After a while she was talking in the monotonous logorrhea of emotional release.