logorrhea

== English == === Etymology === From logo- (prefix meaning ‘word; speech’) +‎ -rrhea (suffix meaning ‘flowing’), probably modelled after verbal diarrhea. logo- is derived from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word; speech; utterance”) (from λέγω (légō, “to say, speak; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)), while -rrhea is from ῥοία (rhoía, “a flow, flux”) (from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹɪ.ə/, [-ɹiː-] (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlɔ.ɡəˈɹi.ə/, [ˌlɒ-], [-ˈɹiː-] Rhymes: -iːə Hyphenation: lo‧go‧rrhea === Noun === logorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural logorrheas) (American spelling) (often humorous) Excessive talkativeness. Synonyms: garrulousness, loquaciousness; see also Thesaurus:talkativeness Antonyms: reticence, taciturnity (often humorous) Excessive use of words in writing; prolixity. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verbosity Antonyms: see Thesaurus:succinctness (psychology) Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder. ==== Alternative forms ==== logorrhoea (British spelling) logorrhœa (British spelling, obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== blogorrhea (blogorrhoea) logorrheic (logorrhoeic, logorrhœic (obsolete)) logorrheically ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === logorrhea (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia logorrhea (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia verbosity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia