loquacious
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
loqu
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
loquacious
very talkative
多嘴的, 饶舌的
Dissection of loquacious
loquacious = loqu (speak) + -acious (having quality of, inclined to, full of)
loquacious = full of speaking (or speeches)
talkative
Now Repeat my Dissection
loquacious = full of speaking (or speeches)
talkative
Important roots for this word:
-acious
loqu
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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