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Word: loquendi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...faults are obvious. ... I suffer from cacoëthes loquendi, a mania or itch for talking. . . . But there never has been superadded to these vices of mine the withering, embalming vice of consistency. . . . Let me quote Emerson: 'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Ashurst Out | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

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