different between loquacious vs brouhaha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loqu?x (“talkative”) + -cious.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l???kwe???s/
• (US) enPR: l?-kw??sh?s, IPA^(key): /lo??kwe???s/

• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

loquacious (comparative more loquacious, superlative most loquacious)

1. Talkative; chatty.
   • 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer, ch. 8:

     On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.

Synonyms

• chatty, talkative, garrulous
• See also Thesaurus:talkative

Antonyms

• laconic, quiet, reserved, taciturn

Derived terms

• loquaciously
• loquaciousness
• unloquacious

Related terms

• locution
• loquacity

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew ???????? ??????? (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?u?.h??.h??/

Noun

brouhaha (plural brouhahas)

1. A stir; a fuss or uproar.

   Synonyms: commotion, hubbub, kerfuffle; see also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

French

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly from an onomatopoeic assimilation from Hebrew ???????? ??????? (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”)

In regards to the semantic evolution to "noisy meeting" compare with ramdam, sabbat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?u.a.a/

Noun

brouhaha m (plural brouhahas)

1. brouhaha
   • 1865, Jules Verne, De la Terre à la Lune:

     Un brouhaha, une tempête d’exclamations accueillit ces paroles.

     A brouhaha, a gale of exclamations welcomed those words.

References

• “brouhaha” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Brouhaha”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN

Further reading

• “brouhaha” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).