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Logorrhea
lȯ-gə-ˈrē-ə
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Greek, early 20th century
 
1
Uncontrollable talkativeness
2
A tendency toward overly complex wordiness in speech or writing
 
 
 
Examples of Logorrhea in a sentence
 
"His speech started out strong, but devolved into incoherent logorrhea that was hard to follow."
 
"When writing a term paper, avoid unnecessary logorrhea and stick to the point."
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