Meaning & use
loquacity
The quality of talking a great deal; excessive or constant talkativeness.
See it in a sentence
His loquacity made even short meetings drag on for over an hour.
The professor's loquacity meant lectures often ran well past their scheduled time.
A note on using this word
Loquacity is a formal, somewhat literary word; 'talkativeness' is the more natural choice in everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
talkativenessgarrulousness
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Words with an opposite meaning
reticencetaciturnity
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