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gar·ru·lous
(găr′ə-ləs, găr′yə-)adj.
1. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
2. Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech.
[From Latin garrulus, from garrīre, to chatter.]
gar′ru·lous·ly adv.
gar′ru·lous·ness n.
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garrulous
(ˈɡærʊləs)adj
1. given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
2. wordy or diffuse; prolix
[C17: from Latin garrulus, from garrīre to chatter]
ˈgarrulously adv
ˈgarrulousness, garrulity n
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gar•ru•lous
(ˈgær ə ləs, ˈgær yə-)adj.
1. excessively talkative in a rambling manner, esp. about trivial matters.
2. wordy or diffuse.
[1605–15; < Latin garrulus=garr(īre) to chatter + -ulus -ulous]
gar′ru•lous•ly, adv.
gar′ru•lous•ness, n.
syn: See talkative.
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Adj. | 1. | garrulous - full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" |
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garrulous
adjective
1. talkative, gossiping, chattering, babbling, gushing, chatty, long-winded, effusive, gabby (informal), prattling, voluble, gossipy, loquacious, verbose, mouthy a garrulous old woman
talkative reserved, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, tight-lipped
talkative reserved, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative, tight-lipped
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garrulous
adjectiveGiven to conversation:
Slang: gabby.
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Translations
ثَرْثار، كَثير الكَلام
upovídaný
snakkesalig
bőbeszédűszószátyár
málgefinn
plepiaiplepumasplepus
pļāpīgsrunīgs
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garrulous
adj → geschwätzig, schwatzhaft
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garrulous
(ˈgӕrələs) adjective fond of talking. a garrulous old man.
ˈgarrulously adverbgarˈrulity (-ˈruː-) noun
ˈgarrulousness noun
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