- logorrhea
- noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1892 excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness • logorrheic adjective
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
logorrhea
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logorrhea — 1878, from LOGOS (Cf. logos) + ending from DIARRHEA (Cf. diarrhea) … Etymology dictionary
logorrhea — [lôg΄ə rē′ə] n. [ModL: see LOGO & RRHEA] excessive talkativeness, esp. when incoherent and uncontrollable logorrheic [lôg΄ə rē′ik] adj … English World dictionary
logorrhea — logorrheic, adj. /law geuh ree euh, log euh /, n. 1. pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech. 2. incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility. [1900 05; LOGO + RRHEA] * * * … Universalium
logorrhea — noun a) An excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words. b) Excessive talkativeness. Syn: verbal diarrhea … Wiktionary
logorrhea — Rarely used term for abnormal or pathologic talkativeness or garrulousness. [logo + G. rhoia, a flow] * * * log·or·rhea or chiefly Brit log·or·rhoea .lȯg ə rē ə, .läg n pathologically excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness… … Medical dictionary
logorrhea — Synonyms and related words: abundance, amplitude, cloud of words, copiousness, diffuseness, diffusion, diffusiveness, effusion, effusiveness, extravagance, exuberance, fecundity, fertility, flow of words, fluency, flux of words, formlessness,… … Moby Thesaurus
logorrhea — n. excessive talkativeness (symptom of certain mental disorders) … English contemporary dictionary
logorrhea — log·or·rhea … English syllables
logorrhea — log•or•rhe•a [[t]ˌlɔ gəˈri ə, ˌlɒg ə [/t]] n. 1) pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech 2) incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility • Etymology: 1900–05 log or•rhe′ic, adj … From formal English to slang
logorrhea — Excessive talking (or verbal diarrhea) … Grandiloquent dictionary
