Hyperverbal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Highly verbal; tending to talk very much.
"If it haunts him, it’s going to haunt his alter ego. Mr. Leary, 51, who is also a producer of the show, isn’t Tommy Gavin, but the resemblance is no accident: both men are Irish-Americans, lapsed Catholics, sometime hockey players and prone to hyperverbal explosions of caustic wit."
Example
More examples"If it haunts him, it’s going to haunt his alter ego. Mr. Leary, 51, who is also a producer of the show, isn’t Tommy Gavin, but the resemblance is no accident: both men are Irish-Americans, lapsed Catholics, sometime hockey players and prone to hyperverbal explosions of caustic wit."
Etymology
From hyper- + verbal.
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