volubility

[ vol-yuh-bil-i-tee ]

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.

Origin of volubility

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin volūbilitās, from volūbil(is) (see voluble ) + -tās -ty²

For an outwardly silent man, his writing reflected an unexpected volubility.
'Are You Also With Fever?' | Dr. Abraham Verghese | February 11, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
The effect of the wine upon Victor was to change his accustomed volubility into silence.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
Neither did he like volubility of speech, and British reserve appealed to his sense of good form.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
At the word Champfort, Marriott's mouth opened eagerly, and she began to answer with her usual volubility.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) | Maria Edgeworth
But the good lady's habitual complacency was plainly in abeyance, her customary volubility replaced by a fidgety reserve.
The Lieutenant-Governor | Guy Wetmore Carryl

This made her volubility a little threadbare at times, and consequently she bore her absence with more than equanimity.
The Angel of Pain | E. F. Benson

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