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| characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause. |
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Voluble
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adj.
[Middle English, moving easily, from Old French, from Latin volūbilis, revolving, fluent, from volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.] vol'u·bil'i·ty, vol'u·ble·ness n., vol'u·bly adv. |
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voluble
1575, "liable to constant change," from Fr. voluble, from L. volubilis "that turns around, rolling, flowing, fluent" (of speech), from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see vulva). Meaning "fluent, talkative" first recorded 1588.
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| voluble | |
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| marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" [ant: taciturn] |
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Voluble
Con*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Convolving.] [L. convolvere, -volutum; con- + volvere to roll. See Voluble.] To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. --Milton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
voluble
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