Meanings
plural loquacities
- countableuncountableTalkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
Their silence would have been awkward but for the loquacity of Jane, who talked enough for all three.
1887, George Bernard Shaw, chapter 17, in An Unsocial Socialist3 more examples
A man that were ſo diſpoſed, may ſeeme in reaſon to reproove […] the loquacity of Euripides, […]
1603, Plutarch, “Of Hearing”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 60, lines 1–3Neither is eloquence or rhetoric unclaimed by him: he perſuaded with Stentorian loquacity, and convinces by the irreſiſtible powers of a bellowing horſe laugh.
1771 April, A Candidate Doctor of Oddities [pseudonym], “To the Printer of the Town and Country Magazine”, in The Town and Country Magazine; or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, volume III, London: […] A[rchibald] Hamilton, Junʳ. […], →OCLC, page 202, column 1Here was news for us, for Mr Kelada, with all his loquacity, had never told anyone what his business was.
1924, W. Somerset Maugham, “Mr Know‐All”, in Good HousekeepingSynonyms: loquaciousness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTalkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being wordy and talkative
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinloquācitās
- Middle Frenchloquacité
- Englishloquacity
From Middle French loquacité, from Latin loquācitās (whence -acity), from loquor (“to say, speak, tell, talk, utter”).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan loquacitat
- loquacitattalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Dutch spraakzaamheid
- spraakzaamheidtalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Esperanto parolemo
- parolemotalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Finnish puheliaisuus
- puheliaisuustalkativeness — see also talkativeness
French loquacité
- loquacitétalkativeness — see also talkativeness
German Schwatzhaftigkeit, Geschwätzigkeit
- Schwatzhaftigkeittalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- Geschwätzigkeittalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- Gesprächigkeittalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- Redseligkeittalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Irish cabaireacht
- cabaireachttalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Italian loquacità
- loquacitàtalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Latin loquācitās
- loquācitāstalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Latvian runība, valodība
- runībatalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- valodībatalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- pļāpībatalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- pļāpīgumstalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- runīgumstalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- valodīgumstalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Norwegian snakkesalighet
- snakkesalighettalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Polish gadatliwość, wielomówność
- gadatliwośćtalkativeness — see also talkativeness
- wielomównośćtalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Portuguese loquacidade
- loquacidadetalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Russian говорли́вость, словоохо́тливость
- говорли́вость (govorlívostʹ)talkativeness — see also talkativeness
- словоохо́тливость (slovooxótlivostʹ)talkativeness — see also talkativeness
- болтли́вость (boltlívostʹ)talkativeness — see also talkativeness
- разгово́рчивость (razgovórčivostʹ)talkativeness — see also talkativeness
Spanish locuacidad
- locuacidadtalkativeness — see also talkativeness
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with loquacity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
loquacity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loquacity
“loquacity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loquacity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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