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talkaholic

adj

Etymology

From talk + -aholic.

  1. derived from *dol-✻
  2. derived from *talōną✻ — “to count, recount, tell”
  3. inherited from *talkōną✻ — “to talk, chatter”
  4. inherited from *talkōn✻
  5. inherited from *tealcian✻ — “to talk, chat”
  6. inherited from talken
  7. suffixed as talkaholic — “talk + aholic”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by incessant talking.

    • The mobile phone revolution has reached its logical target: the dial-obsessed, digit-happy, talkaholic teenage market.

  2. An incessant talker.

    • If you are a Talkaholic, you throw out words as you would darts to keep people away from you.
    • No words were spoken for a long time. This was plainly killing Kerra who was a talk-aholic.

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