#583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering. —­ N. inarticulateness;
stammering &c. v.; hesitation &c. v.; impediment in one’s speech; titubancy[obs3], traulism|; whisper &c. (faint sound) 405; lisp, drawl, tardiloquence[obs3]; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto &c. (want of voice) 581; broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences.
     brogue &c. 563; slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae [Lat]. 
     V. stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate|,
balbucinate|, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.
     mumble, mutter; maud|, mauder[obs3]; whisper &c. 405; mince, lisp;
jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump[obs3]; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one’s words; murder the language, murder the King’s English, murder the Queen’s English; mispronounce, missay[obs3]. 
     Adj. stammering &c. v.; inarticulate, guttural, nasal; tremulous;
affected. 
     Adv. sotto voce &c. (faintly) 405[Lat].

     #584.  Loquacity. —­ N. loquacity, loquaciousness; talkativeness &c.
adj.; garrulity; multiloquence[obs3], much speaking. jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, twattle, rattle; caquet[obs3], caquetterie[Fr]; blabber, bavardage[obs3], bibble-babble[obs3], gibble-gabble[obs3]; small talk &c. (converse) 588.
     fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words; flux
de bouche[Fr], flux de mots[Fr]; copia verborum[Lat], cacoethes loquendi[Lat]; furor loquendi[Lat]; verbosity &c. (diffuseness) 573; gift of the gab &c. (eloquence) 582.
     talker; chatterer, chatterbox; babbler &c. v.; rattle; ranter;
sermonizer, proser[obs3], driveler; blatherskite [U.  S.]; gossip &c. (converse) 588; magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel; moulin a paroles[Fr].. 
     V. be loquacious &c. adj.; talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate,
palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter[obs3], blether[obs3]; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, twattle; babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate &c. (speak at length) 573; gossip &c. (converse) 588; din in the ears &c. (repeat) 104; talk at random, talk nonsense &c. 497; be hoarse with talking. 
     Adj. loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious|,
multiloquous[obs3]; largiloquent|; chattering &c. v.; chatty &c. (sociable) 892; declamatory &c. 582; open-mouthed.
     fluent, voluble, glib, flippant; long tongued, long winded &c.
(diffuse) 573. 
     Adv. trippingly on the tongue; glibly &c. adj.; off the reel. 
     Phr. the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue
running on wheels; all talk and no cider; “foul whisperings are abroad” [Macbeth]; “what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!” [Tempest].

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