словоохотливый

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Russian

Etymology

сло́во (slóvo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ охо́та (oxóta) +‎ -ливый (-livyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

словоохо́тливый (slovooxótlivyj) (comparative (по)словоохо́тливее or (по)словоохо́тливей)

  1. talkative, loquacious, garrulous
    Synonym: разгово́рчивый (razgovórčivyj)
    • 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “IX”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Он был словоохо́тлив, каза́лся до́брым, весё́лым, но поро́ю глаза́ его́ налива́лись кро́вью, мутне́ли и остана́вливались, как у мё́ртвого.
      On byl slovooxótliv, kazálsja dóbrym, vesjólym, no poróju glazá jevó naliválisʹ króvʹju, mutnéli i ostanávlivalisʹ, kak u mjórtvovo.
      He was very talkative, good-natured and cheerful, but at times his eyes turned bloodshot, clouded over and became as still as a dead man’s.

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