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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Contemporary Examples
In late 2007, the voluble Texas hedge-funder threw down $110 million against the subprime-mortgage market and made a killing.
Joe Scarborough Another wild card would be Joe Scarborough, the voluble morning-talk-show host on MSNBC.
In his voluble, guns-blazing manner, Adrover made the hollowness of New York Fashion Week, which ends Thursday, apparent.
The likeliest person to defeat the voluble Georgian is Gingrich himself.
Historical Examples
But are you voluble enough to drown all sense in a torrent of words?
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Fluent and voluble upon all other subjects, upon this he hesitated.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
A voluble fellow; of what original nationality I could not determine.
Hundreds will be voluble in admiration, for one who will be silent in delight.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)John Ruskin
A voluble waiter was gesticulating and seeking instructions about the wine.
The Education of Eric LaneStephen McKenna
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 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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