volubility
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of volubility
First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin volūbilitās, from volūbil(is) ( see voluble ( def. )) + -tās -ty 2 ( def. )
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Volubility is something Marías has in common with his narrators, but his fiction doesn’t simply reproduce this habit; it ironizes and interrogates it.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019
It is also certain, that as much as is allotted to Volubility and Tricks, so much is the Beauty of the Voice sacrificed; for the one cannot be done without Prejudice to the other.
From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest
Volubility is almost regularly increased, and is, indeed, one of the most sensitive and constant of the correlations in emotional delight....
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock
Volubility strangles it; and it is felt to be insincere when it grows loquacious.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
Falsetto is a feigned Voice, which is entirely formed in the Throat, has more Volubility than any, but of no Substance.
From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest
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