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talkative

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Etymology

From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.

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talkative (comparative more talkative, superlative most talkative)

  1. Tending to talk a lot.
    a talkative girl
    a talkative TV show
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 68:
      Tarzan nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.
  2. Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

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