LOGORRHEA

logorrhea, logomania

(noun) pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

logorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural logorrheas) (American spelling)

(often, humorous) Excessive talkativeness.

Synonyms: garrulousness, loquaciousness, Thesaurus:talkativeness

Antonyms: reticence, taciturnity

(often, humorous) Excessive use of words in writing; prolixity.

Synonym: Thesaurus:verbosity

Antonym: Thesaurus:succinctness

(psychology) Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder.

Source: Wiktionary



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