gar·ru·lous

[gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh-]
adjective
1.
excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
2.
wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin garrulus talkative, garrulous, equivalent to garr(īre) to chatter + -ulus -ulous

gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb
gar·ru·lous·ness, noun
non·gar·ru·lous, adjective
non·gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb
non·gar·ru·lous·ness, noun
un·gar·ru·lous, adjective
un·gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb
un·gar·ru·lous·ness, noun


1. prating, babbling. See talkative. 2. verbose, prolix.


1. reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.
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garrulous (ˈɡærʊləs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
2.  wordy or diffuse; prolix
 
[C17: from Latin garrulus, from garrīre to chatter]
 
'garrulously
 
adv
 
'garrulousness
 
n
 
garrulity
 
n

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Main Entry:  garrulous1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  talkative; wordy
Etymology:  Latin garrulus 'talkative'
Main Entry:  garrulous2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  chattering; babbling
Etymology:  Latin garrulus 'talkative'
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Word Origin & History

garrulous
1611, from L. garrulus "talkative," from garrire "to chatter," from PIE base *gar-/*ger- "to cry," of imitative origin.
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Outgoing, ebullient and garrulous - often like his reviews - he loves
  restaurants and chefs.
Birds, which had erupted into a garrulous evensong at the first hints of the
  false twilight, were abruptly silent.
But what the powerful disdain, the bookish and garrulous adore.
Philosophers are a garrulous and argumentative species.
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