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Voluble

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vol⋅u⋅ble

  [vol-yuh-buhl]
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–adjective
characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
Origin:
1565–75; < L volūbilis which turns easily, flowing, equiv. to volū-, base of volvere to turn + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
vol⋅u⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, vol⋅u⋅ble⋅ness, noun
vol⋅u⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
articulate, garrulous, loquacious. See fluent.

Antonyms:
taciturn.
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vol·u·ble   (vŏl'yə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.

    1. Turning easily on an axis; rotating.

    2. Botany Twining or twisting: a voluble vine.


[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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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