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talkativity

noun

Etymology

From talkative + -ity.

  1. inherited from talkatyve
  2. suffixed as talkativity — “talkative + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being talkative.

    • Talkability: defined, 54, 55; a talkable person, 56; contrasted with talkativity, 57; […]
    • Our costly mistakes have been when we mistook plausibility for ability and talkativity for talent.
    • This picture, though taken directly from the stage play that won the Pulitzer prize for 1927, is one of those that have reached only the partial or hesitant stage of talkativity. Its silent passages are somewhat longer than the vocal ones.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for talkativity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA