voluble
[vol-yuh-buh l]
- characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
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Origin of voluble
1565–75; < Latin volūbilis which turns easily, flowing, equivalent to volū-, base of volvere to turn + -bilis -ble
Synonyms
See more synonyms for voluble on Thesaurus.comarticulate, garrulous, loquacious. See fluent.
Antonyms
taciturn.
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Examples from the Web for volubility
Historical Examples
That she knows better than to value herself upon my volubility?
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa.
The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maugham
Charlie, piqued at her inattentiveness, essayed a volubility foreign to his words.
Erik DornBen Hecht
Tessibel's struggling to her feet broke off the man's volubility.
The Secret of the Storm CountryGrace Miller White
Chaffering, quarrelling, joking, there seems to be no end to their volubility.
voluble
- talking easily, readily, and at length; fluent
- archaic easily turning or rotating, as on an axis
- rare (of a plant) twining or twisting
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin volūbilis turning readily, fluent, from volvere to turn
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Word Origin and History for volubility
voluble
adj.
1570s, "liable to constant change," from French voluble, from Latin volubilis "that turns around, rolling, flowing, fluent" (of speech), from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see volvox). Meaning "fluent, talkative" first recorded 1580s. Related: Volubly.
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