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loquacious

/ləˈkweɪʃəs/

C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister

General adjective

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Normally reserved, he became remarkably loquacious once the subject turned to trains.

Similar: garrulous, voluble, talkative

Topic: GRE Verbal (part 2) in General English

Medicine adjective

Very talkative, often at excessive length.

The loquacious patient made it difficult to redirect the interview back to the presenting complaint.

Similar: talkative, garrulous

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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