Dictionary entry

Loquacious

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lo‐qua″cious (?), a. [L. loquax, -acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. � to rattle, shriek, shout.] 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.

Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden.

2. Speaking; expressive. J. Philips.

3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets.

Syn. — Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.