talkativeness
(ˈtɔːkətɪvnɪs)
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being talkative.
| 1609 W. M. Man in Moone (1849) 48 Talkativeness, or much babling. 1674 Govt. Tongue vi. 73 We use to call this Talkativeness a Feminine vice. 176. Wesley To Children 2 Wks. 1811 IX. 92 Talkativeness before any person has the appearance of disrespect. 1840 Dickens Old C. Shop xiv, There was a clinking of wine-glasses and a great talkativeness on the part of everybody. |