logorrhea

English

Alternative forms

logorrhoea (Britain)
logorrhœa (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin logos (“word, utterance”), from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, utterance”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌlɔ.ɡəˈɹiː.ə/, [ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹiː.ə]
Rhymes: -iːə
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

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

(psychology) An excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words.
(humorous) Excessive talkativeness.

Synonyms

(excessive talkativeness): garrulousness, wordiness, prolixity, blathering, loquaciousness

Derived terms

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Translations

excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words

Catalan: logorrea f
Finnish: puhetulva
German: Logorrhö (de) f
Greek: λογοδιάρροια (el) f (logodiárroia), λογόρροια (el) f (logórroia)
Icelandic: munnræpa f, orðaflaumur m, óhamið málæði n

Italian: logorrea (it)
Polish: słowotok m
Russian: логоре́я (ru) f (logoréja)
Spanish: logorrea f

excessive talkativeness

Catalan: logorrea f
Esperanto: vortlakso (eo)
Finnish: puheripuli
Greek: λογοδιάρροια (el) f (logodiárroia), λογόρροια (el) f (logórroia)

Hungarian: szófosás (hu) (colloquial or slang), szómenés (colloquial)
Icelandic: munnræpa f, orðaflaumur m
Italian: logorrea (it)
Polish: słowotok m
Russian: слове́сный поно́с m (slovésnyj ponós)

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