garrulous
American
adjective
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given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
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wordy or diffuse; prolix
Synonym Usage
See talkative.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of garrulous
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin garrulus “talkative, garrulous,” equivalent to garr(īre) ) “to chatter” + -ulus -ulous
Explanation
A garrulous person just won’t stop talking (and talking, and talking, and talking...). Garrulous comes from the Latin word garrire for "chattering or prattling." If someone is garrulous, he doesn't just like to talk; he indulges in talking for talking’s sake — whether or not there’s a real conversation going on. If you discover that you have a garrulous neighbor sitting next to you on the plane, you might just want to feign sleep, unless you really want to hear everything going through his mind for the entire trip.
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Stagg "wasn't a particularly garrulous character" Scott says, which is partly why he was perhaps an unlikely hero.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
During a difficult project, Margery was either garrulous or silent.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2024
Spend any time with the garrulous Reggio and he’ll invoke wisdom from Nietzsche, Plato, Baudelaire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
A garrulous Army veteran, Flanders questioned the wisdom of running the pilot project without first getting funding to scan all of the 55 million slides.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
Shorty was so naturally garrulous and Roger so naturally reticent and gruff that it seemed an odd combination.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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