logorrhea: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

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Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 16, 2009 logorrhea \law-guh-REE-uh\, noun: 1. Pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech. 2. Incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility. By his own measure, he is a man of many contradictions, beginning with the fact that he is famous as a listener but suffers from "a touch of logorrhea." He is so voluble that one wonders how his subjects get a word in edgewise. -- Mel Gussow, "Listener, Talker, Now Literary Lion: It's Official.", New York Times, June 17, 1997 It's also not good if your date has logorrhea. -- Monte Williams, "8 Minutes in the Life of a Jewish Single: Not Attracted? Next!", New York Times, March 5, 2000 Mr. King, who possesses an enviable superabundance of imagination, suffers from a less enviable logorrhea. -- Michele Slung, "Scare Tactics.", New York Times, May 10, 1981 Logorrhea is derived from Greek logos, "word" + rhein, "to flow." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for logorrhea Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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