| 单词 | verbal diarrhoea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasverbal diarrhoea verbal diarrhoea n. colloquial (frequently humorous) the habit or trait of talking or (now less commonly) writing excessively or verbosely; extreme verbosity; (later more usually) excessive talk, profuse verbiage; cf. diarrhoea n. 2.Frequently in figurative expressions likening this habit or trait to an illness or affliction.Sometimes also with the implication that the things said or written are worthless or absurd. [Compare earlier logodiarrhoea n.] ΘΚΠ 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 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > abundance of vocabulary > flow of words > excessive logodiarrhoea1624 diarrhoea1698 verbal diarrhoea1808 over-fluency1896 1808 London Med. Rev. May 195 We have never met with more serious and inveterate cases of verbal diarrhea, than those of Mr. Hunter and Dr. Adams. 1887 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1888) 33 i. 257 Dr Bell's mode of teaching is..calculated to dwell in the memory by its freedom from verbal diarrhœa. 1938 N. Marsh Death in White Tie xiii. 146 Her chief complaint is..acute verbal diarrhoea. 1979 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 17 Jan. Rather than delegate $1.5-million to Dr. Robert Jackson's latest folly, 107 recommendations that must be viewed as verbal diarrhea, let us put the money to proper use. 2017 Cape Times (Nexis) 8 May (E1 ed.) 8 The CNN presenter..kept, not only interrupting the elegant and composed senator, but absolutely talked her down in a continuous stream of verbal diarrhoea. < as lemmas |
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