Crossword clues for loquacity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loquacity \Lo*quac"i*ty\, n. [L. loquacitas: cf. F. loquacit['e].] The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.
Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits.
--Arbuthnot.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, from Latin loquacitatem (nominative loquacitas) "talkativeness," from loquax "talkative" (see loquacious). An Old English word for it was ofersprecolnes.
Wiktionary
n. talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
WordNet
n. the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, talkativeness]
Usage examples of "loquacity".
Afterwards he wondered if the true purpose of her surprising loquacity had been to distract him from the lonely figure sitting above the strand.
With his limited experience, Stephen could not say that it was wrong: everybody seemed brisk and cheerful and when a manoeuvre was decided upon it was carried out promptly: but he had supposed this loquacity and tergiversation to be confined to the navy of the French, that lively, articulate nation.
Neither did she disgust by arrogant negligence, and uncircumspect loquacity.
In Paris, Dinah conquered by silence, as at Sancerre she had conquered by loquacity.
What disturbed the Don was his loquacity, his long conversations with his mother, and most of all, his small disobediences to the Don himself.
The nervous loquacity and opinionation of the Zenith Athletic Club dropped from them.
Poole, regretting, as so often in the past, that gushing loquacity with which he overcompensates a shyness that, left to itself, would reduce him almost to speechlessness.
There are some natural touches of character about him, such as his mixture of irascibility and placability, and his curious affection for Sancho together with his impatience of the squire's loquacity and impertinence.
I especially enjoyed the loquacity of the Captain when he extricated himself from the rostrum of the evil Lord Dragoon during the river battle aboard the vicariant vessel, "Drum.