Meanings
comparative more logorrhean · superlative most logorrhean
- Relating to logorrhea (excessive talkativeness or verbosity).
Considering that—if all systems were go—4000 could probably write the equivalent of Paradise Lost in nine-and-one-tenth seconds, you can readily imagine that there is practically no end to the making of verses by this logorrhean machine.
1963 December, F. P. Tullius, “After Hours”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 227, number 1363, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated, page 26, column 21 more example
Tinmantis, a mysterious, pseudonymous artist who works out of a garage in suburban Charlotte, N.C., combines the logorrhean wit of Raymond Pettibon with the fluency of a meme account admin, cranking out one cutting cultural observation after another.
2026 July 9, Max Lakin, Dawn Chan, Walker Mimms, Travis Diehl, “Art Gallery Shows to See in July”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishlogo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sréweti
- Proto-Hellenic*hréwō
- Ancient Greekῥέω (rhéō)
- Ancient Greekῥοία (rhoía)
- Englishlogorrhea
- Englishlogorrhean
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logorrhean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logorrhean
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