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volubility

[ vol-yuh-bil-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the quality of being talkative, wordy, or glib:
Look at the very volubility of his sentences—everything and the kitchen sink pushed together in breathless rushes of prose.

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin volūbilitās, from volūbil(is) ( voluble ( def ) ) + -tās -ty ²( def )

For an outwardly silent man, his writing reflected an unexpected volubility.

The effect of the wine upon Victor was to change his accustomed volubility into silence.

Neither did he like volubility of speech, and British reserve appealed to his sense of good form.

At the word Champfort, Marriott's mouth opened eagerly, and she began to answer with her usual volubility.

But the good lady's habitual complacency was plainly in abeyance, her customary volubility replaced by a fidgety reserve.

This made her volubility a little threadbare at times, and consequently she bore her absence with more than equanimity.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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