Message-ID: <679210.1075841335940.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800 (PST) From: doctor@dictionary.com To: wordoftheday@lists.lexico.com Subject: loquacious: Dictionary.com Word of the Day Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Doctor Dictionary X-To: Dictionary.com Word of the Day X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Motley, Matt\Deleted Items X-Origin: MOTLEY-M X-FileName: matt motley 6-26-02.pst =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Free Tax Software! Download free TaxACT and begin preparing your taxes today! TaxACT interviews you, automatically calculates your return and prints IRS-approved forms for FREE. Plus, you can e-file for under $8 http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/39977/152574/152574 AOL users click here =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Word of the Day for Sunday February 24, 2002: loquacious \loh-KWAY-shuhs\, adjective: 1. Very talkative. 2. Full of excessive talk; wordy. The meeting went on for hours, accommodating loquacious bores who were each allowed their say. --Andrew Sullivan, "Gay Life, Gay Death," [1]The New Republic, December 17, 1990 In drawing a sharp contrast with the loquacious Ginsburg, her new lawyers appeared for just a few moments and said virtually nothing to reporters before retreating into the building. --Peter Baker, "Lewinsky Replaces Ginsburg," [2]Washington Post, June 3, 1998 _________________________________________________________ Loquacious comes from Latin loquax, "talkative," from loqui, "to speak." References 1. http://www.thenewrepublic.com/ 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.