Definition of logorrhea
: excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness
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the article suffers from the logorrhea that infects so much academic writing
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Audra is armed with a pronounced case of logorrhea, an untamed curiosity, an ability to befriend almost anyone.
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Origin and Etymology of logorrhea
New Latin
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First Known Use: circa 1892
in the meaning defined above
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medical Definition of logorrhea
: pathologically excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness that is characteristic especially of the manic phase of bipolar disorder
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