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loquacity|ləʊˈkwæsɪtɪ|
[ad. F. loquacité, ad. L. loquācitās, f. loquāci-, loquāx (see loquacious).]
The condition or quality of being loquacious; talkativeness. Also pl., instances of this.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 60 To reproove..the loquacity of Euripides. 1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 184 These are they that..glut the Press with their Canting Loquacities. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 333 Alluding to the Loquacity of the Magpie. 1711Addison Spect. No. 135 ⁋1 A Man who is sparing of his Words, and an Enemy to Loquacity. 1869Buckle Civiliz. III. iv. 203 When a preacher was once in the pulpit, the only limit to his loquacity was his strength.
transf.a1716South Serm. (1823) V. 423 A loquacity of countenance, and a significance of gesture. |
