voluble
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yə adjective
characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
Origin:
1565–75; < Latin volūbilis which turns easily, flowing, equivalent to volū-, base of volvere to turn + -bilis -ble
1565–75; < Latin volūbilis which turns easily, flowing, equivalent 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
non·vol·u·bil·i·ty, noun
non·vol·u·ble, adjective
non·vol·u·ble·ness, noun
Antonyms
taciturn.
taciturn.
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voluble (ˈvɒljʊbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | talking easily, readily, and at length; fluent |
| 2. | archaic easily turning or rotating, as on an axis |
| 3. | rare (of a plant) twining or twisting |
| [C16: from Latin volūbilis turning readily, fluent, from volvere to turn] | |
| volu'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'volubleness | |
| —n | |
| 'volubly | |
| —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.
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Example sentences
Normally a voluble critic of political and social mores, he emerged from confinement last month noticeably thinner and quieter.
They're not voluble, and so that's all taken against them.
He became as voluble in his admiration as he had been before in his reproof.
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