voluble
Americanadjective
adjective
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talking easily, readily, and at length; fluent
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archaic easily turning or rotating, as on an axis
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rare (of a plant) twining or twisting
Related Words
See fluent.
Other Word Forms
- nonvoluble adjective
- nonvolubly adverb
- unvoluble adjective
- unvolubly adverb
- volubility noun
- volubleness noun
- volubly adverb
Etymology
Origin of voluble
First recorded in 1565–75; from Latin volūbilis “that turns easily, flowing,” equivalent to volū-, base of volvere “to turn” + -bilis -ble; revolve ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Asked by journalists if he viewed the report as a whitewash, Lange, the voluble New Zealand prime minister, scoffed.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
“Madden made for an expansive, excessive, endlessly voluble analyst, and Summerall provided his perfect play-by-play foil,” Times reporter Scott Collins wrote in an appreciation after Summerall’s death in 2013.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024
Lou, conversely, was the toast of the town: an institution-building entrepreneur and voluble drinking buddy known for wearing loud turtlenecks, cracking ribald jokes and eating like a barn animal.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
My landlady, a voluble man, arranged my journey into the East.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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