excessive talkativeness, esp. when incoherent and uncontrollable
Origin of logorrhea
ModL: see logo- and -rrhealogorrhea
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logorrhea
noun
Excessive use of words.
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- log′or·rhe′ic
adjective
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Noun
(uncountable) (American)
- (psychology) An excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words.
- (humorous) Excessive talkativeness.
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