Define the word garrulous"Garrulous" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Garrulous \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.
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The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey.
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2. (Zool.) 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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"garrulous" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
garrulous
adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty, gabby, loquacious,
talkative, talky]
"garrulous" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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