单词 | talkative |
释义 | talkative —talkatively, adv. —talkativeness, n. /taw"keuh tiv/, adj. inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative. [1400-50; late ME; see TALK, -ATIVE] Syn. wordy, verbose, prolix. TALKATIVE, GARRULOUS, LOQUACIOUS characterize a person who talks a great deal. TALKATIVE is a neutral or mildly unfavorable word applied to a person who is inclined to talk a great deal, sometimes without significance: a talkative child. The GARRULOUS person talks with wearisome persistence, usually about personal and trivial things: a garrulous old man. A LOQUACIOUS person, intending to be sociable, talks continuously and at length: a loquacious host. |
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