garrulous

[ gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh- ]

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adjective

excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

Origin of garrulous

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin garrulus “talkative, garrulous,” equivalent to garr(īre)) “to chatter” + -ulus-ulous

synonym study For garrulous

1. See talkative.

Other words for garrulous

1	prating, babbling
2	verbose, prolix

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Opposites for garrulous

1	reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed

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Other words from garrulous

gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb
gar·ru·lous·ness, noun
non·gar·ru·lous, adjective
non·gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb
non·gar·ru·lous·ness, noun
un·gar·ru·lous, adjective
un·gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb
un·gar·ru·lous·ness, noun

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How to use garrulous in a sentence

The Babe, big and garrulous and oh so sociable and oh so immense in all his appetites.
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I was lively and loquacious and garrulous and all those sorts of things, and I performed and did stand-up.
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The garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria.
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For this story has not been derived from hacked voicemails, an avaricious doctor, or a garrulous friend.
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Venezuelans are scratching their heads over the mysterious silence of their ordinarily garrulous leader.
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In America, the death of an American star is really the occasion for a garrulous, obsessive, round-the-clock denial of death.
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To-morrow—a crippled veteran, and after that a pensioner drifting fast into a garrulous dotage.
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Moreover, he is exceedingly garrulous, and needs a string of words to say yes or no.
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Frank was staggering, garrulous, laughing a great deal over very small jokes.
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They are pleasure-loving and garrulous, though this latter trait is not, I suppose, a specially national characteristic.
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For a time, too, I dropped out of the garrulous literary and journalistic circles I had frequented.
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British Dictionary definitions for garrulous

garrulous

/ (ˈɡærʊləs) /

adjective

given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
wordy or diffuse; prolix

Origin of garrulous

C17: from Latin garrulus, from garrīre to chatter

Derived forms of garrulous

garrulously, adverb
garrulousness or garrulity (ɡæˈruːlɪtɪ), noun

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