Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LO-QUA'CIOUS
LOP'PINGLO-QUA'CIOUS-NESS, or LO-QUAC'I-TY
LO-QUA'CIOUS, a. [L. loquax, from loquor, to speak. Eng. to clack.]
- Talkative; given to continual talking. Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. – Dryden.
- Speaking; noisy. Blind British bards, with patent touch, / Traverse loquacious strings. – Philips.
- Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
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