Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
multiloquence .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Excess of words or talk.
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- noun An
excess ofwords ortalk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Ms. Hustvedt rarely belabors the theme—this brisk, ebullient novel is a potpourri of poems, diary entries, emails and quicksilver self-analysis: "My own head was a storehouse of multiloquy, the flux de mots of myriad contrarians who argued and debated and skewered one another with mordant parley."
What the Nanny Saw; the Trouble With Men Sam Sacks 2011
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Remember, that thou must answer for every idle word, that in multiloquy, the wisest man shall overshoot himself.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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‘multiloquy’ (Beaumont, _Psyche_); if ‘dyscolous’ (Foxe), ‘ataraxy’
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
whichbe commented on the word multiloquy
Excess of words or talk.
May 13, 2008