loquacious
talkative
Roots
- -acious: trait-marking adjective ending
- loqu / locut: speak
Other words with the loqu / locut root
- circumlocution: roundabout speech
- colloquial: informal in speech or writing
- colloquy: a conversation or formal discussion
- eloquence: powerful, fluent expression
- eloquent: fluent and persuasive in speech
- grandiloquent: pompous in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
Loqu means speak. Loquacious is speech overflowing: the words keep coming after enough has already been said.
The loquacious host turned one simple announcement into a ten-minute performance.
Loquacious is not eloquent. Eloquent speech has force and grace. Loquacious speech has volume. Picture a faucet left running: not evil, just too much talk for the room.