logorrhea

English

Alternative forms

• logorrhoea (UK)
• logorrhœa (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin logos (“word, utternance”), from Ancient Greek λόγος (logos, “word, utterance”) + ῥοία (rhoia, “flow”).

Noun

logorrhea (uncountable) (American)

1. (psychology) An excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words.
2. (humorous) Excessive talkativeness.

Synonyms

• (excessive talkativeness): verbal diarrhea (US), verbal diarrhoea (British)

Derived terms

• blogorrhea
• logorrheic
• logorrheically

Related terms

• diarrhea/diarrhoea
• galactorrhea/galactorrhoea
• gonorrhea/gonorrhoea
• pyorrhea/pyorrhoea

Translations

excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words

• Catalan: logorrea (ca) f
• Greek: λογοδιάρροια (el) (logodiárroia) f

• Icelandic: munnræpa (is) f, orðaflaumur (is) m, óhamið málæði (is) n
• Italian: logorrea (it)
• Russian: логорея (ru) (logoréja) f

excessive talkativeness

• Catalan: logorrea (ca) f
• Greek: λογοδιάρροια (el) (logodiárroia) f

• Icelandic: munnræpa (is) f, orðaflaumur (is) m
• Italian: logorrea (it)
• Russian: словесный понос (ru) (slov'ésnyj ponós) m