pleniloquencen.
/plɛˈnɪləkw(ə)ns/, U.S. /plɛˈnɪləkw(ə)ns/ rare.
Loquacity; excessive speaking.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun]
overspeecheOE
tongue-itch1540
multiloquy1542
long tongue1557
garrulity1581
slipperiness1589
polylogy1602
volubility1602
loquacity1603
lubricity1603
tonguiness1607
overspeakinga1610
talkativeness1609
philology1623
tongue-vice1628
glibness1633
futility1640
linguacity1656
garrulousness1727
linguosity1727
loquaciousness1727
multiloquiousness1727
jaw1748
multiloquence1760
flippancy1789
verbal diarrhoea1808
magpiety1832
big mouth1834
pleniloquence1838
chattiness1876
open-mouthedness1883
gabbiness1887
garrulance1890
irreticence1919
talkiness1934
ear-bashing1945
mee-mawing1974
1838 R. W. Emerson Let. 6 Aug. in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 191 Though I hate American pleniloquence, I cannot easily say No to young men who bid me speak also.
1954 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 28 Apr. 12/2 Excessive talking is pleniloquence.
1998 Amer. Business Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 June 477 Their debate has become increasingly embroiled in pleniloquence over minutiae, as they dispute the actual number of lawyers in Germany.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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