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What is the definition and pronunciation of the word “loquacious”?
It's the word of the day podcast for July fifteenth. Today's word is loquacious, spelled
L O Q U A C I O U S. Loquacious is an adjective.
How do “wordy” and “garrulous” relate to the meaning of loquacious?
It means liking to talk and talking smoothly and easily. someone described as loquacious might also be called wordy, prone to using more words than necessary, or garrulous, meaning tending to talk a lot. Here's the word used, in a sentence from Nature Communications. Due to their loquacious nature, marmosets have recently become a focus of studies on the revolutionary origin of human speech and language.
Why do scientists use “loquacious” to describe marmosets in speech‑origin research?
Loquacious undeniably has a poetic ring to it. It's been a favorite of the writerly sort since it made its first appearance in English in the seventeenth century, and with poetic license, writers stretched its meaning beyond talkative and especially excessively talkative, to describe such things as the chattering of birds and the babbling of brooks. The ultimate source of all this chattiness is loqui, a Latin verb meaning to talk or speak. Other words descended from loqui include colloquial, eloquent, soliloquy, and ventriloquism.
What is the Latin origin of loquacious and which modern words derive from it?
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the definition and pronunciation of the word “loquacious”?
0:06–0:21
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How do “wordy” and “garrulous” relate to the meaning of loquacious?
0:21–0:51
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Why do scientists use “loquacious” to describe marmosets in speech‑origin research?
0:51–1:30
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What is the Latin origin of loquacious and which modern words derive from it?
1:30–1:42