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Garrulous

Garrulous Meaning & Definition
Garrulous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Garrulous?

[adj] full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Garrulous: chatty | gabby | loquacious | talkative | talky | voluble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Garrulous: all jaw | blabbing | candid | chatty | communicative | conversational | effusive | expansive | flip | fluent | frank | gabby | gassy | glib | gossipy | gregarious | gushy | long-winded | loose-tongued | loquacious | multiloquent | multiloquious | newsy | overtalkative | prattling | prolix | smooth | sociable | talkative | talky | verbose | voluble | windy | wordy

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Garrulous In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller. Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}. Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n.

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