garrulous
Americanadjective
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given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
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wordy or diffuse; prolix
Related Words
See talkative.
Other Word Forms
- garrulously adverb
- garrulousness noun
- nongarrulous adjective
- nongarrulously adverb
- nongarrulousness noun
- ungarrulous adjective
- ungarrulously adverb
- ungarrulousness noun
Etymology
Origin of garrulous
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin garrulus “talkative, garrulous,” equivalent to garr(īre) ) “to chatter” + -ulus -ulous
Example Sentences
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About 15 minutes into a thoughtful Zoom conversation, the garrulous Niven poses a question of his own: “Why was I managing Guns N’ Roses?”
From Los Angeles Times
Here, he plays a garrulous video-store clerk named Hank who challenges customers to name the best movies about underdogs.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Moes saw Mr. Trump’s verbal mistakes as the foreseeable gaffes of a garrulous candidate, not as signs of aging.
From New York Times
Somebody who is always garrulous and tends to go off on tangents when speaking may do this more frequently.
From Salon
The academy eventually instituted a 45-second time limit and directed the orchestra to play garrulous winners off stage.
From Los Angeles Times
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