| 单词 |
logorrhea |
| 释义 |
logorrhœa, logorrhea|lɒgəˈriːə|
[f. Gr. λόγο-ς word + ῥοία flow, stream (prob. after diarrhœa).]
Excessive volubility accompanying some forms of mental illness; also gen., an excessive flow of words, prolixity. So logoˈrrhœic, logoˈrrhœtic adjs.
1902Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 30/1 Logorrhea refers to the excessive flow of words, a common symptom in cases of mania. 1907Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 7/4 In the case of a man suffering from the insanity known as logorrhea the ideas come rapidly tumbling over each other. 1935Punch 5 June 662/2, I have invented logorrhœa—or, if you prefer it, logorrhage. Like pyorrhœa.., it afflicts three out of four. 1960Spectator 21 Oct. 591 Protective shields against the prevailing logorrhoeic fall⁓out. 1965Listener 14 Jan. 62/3 No one could, or would want to, surpass that logorrhoetic master, except himself. 1965W. R. Brain Speech Disorders (ed. 2) v. 56 Patients with sensory or Wernicke's aphasia or jargon aphasia include logorrhoeic patients with abundant paraphasias and serious defects of comprehension. 1970Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 6/4 We are left with a tedious tale of complicated intrigues written by an author suffering from acute logorrhoea. 1970Hinsie & Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 4) 751/2 Also known as logorrhea..[tachylogia] is characteristic of the manic phase of manic-depressive disorder. |
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