loquacious
tending to talk a great deal; very talkative
Word origin: From Latin loqui, to speak.
Loquacious in a sentence
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Our loquacious tour guide chattered nonstop and barely paused for breath the entire afternoon.
The loquacious docent extended a twenty-minute tour into nearly two hours of unprompted commentary.
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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “loquacious” well
Loquacious means inclined to talk a great deal, a relatively neutral to mildly negative term depending on context. It is close to garrulous, though garrulous leans more toward tiresome rambling.
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