different between incessantly vs motormouth

English

Etymology

incessant +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s?s.?nt.li/

Adverb

incessantly (not comparable)

1. In a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

   He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.

   • 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

     "You are old, father William," the young man said,

     "And your hair has become very white;

     And yet you incessantly stand on your head--

     Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

   • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter I. "The Shipwreck", page 14.

     There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel.

2. (obsolete) immediately

Synonyms

• (in a manner without pause or stop): ceaselessly, continuously, unremittingly; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Related terms

• incessant

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• calystenins

English

Alternative forms

• motor mouth
• motor-mouth

Etymology

motor +? mouth

Noun

motormouth (plural motormouths)

1. (informal) One who talks very fast or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chatterbox

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Verb

motormouth (third-person singular simple present motormouths, present participle motormouthing, simple past and past participle motormouthed)

1. (intransitive, informal) To talk very fast or incessantly.

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