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  • 1garrulous — adjective 1) a garrulous old man Syn: talkative, loquacious, voluble, verbose, chatty, chattering, gossipy; effusive, expansive, forthcoming, conversational, communicative; informal mouthy, gabby, gassy, windy, having the gift of the gab …

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  • 2Garrulous — Gar ru*lous, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. [1913 Webster] The most garrulous people on earth …

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  • 3talkative — talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, glib are comparable chiefly as applied to persons and their moods and as meaning given to talk or talking. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are also seen in their corresponding… …

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  • 4talkative — adjective the talkative person in the seat next to mine Syn: chatty, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, conversational, communicative; gossipy, babbling, blathering; long winded, wordy, verbose, prolix; informal gabby, mouthy, motormouthed, talky… …

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  • 5talkative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. talky, verbose (see loquacity). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. voluble, loquacious, wordy, verbose, garrulous, verbal, chattering, glib, chatty, long winded, effusive, long tongued, gossipy, talky*,… …

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  • 6talkative — talkatively, adv. talkativeness, n. /taw keuh tiv/, adj. inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative. [1400 50; late ME; see TALK, ATIVE] Syn. wordy, verbose, prolix. TALKATIVE, GARRULOUS, LOQUACIOUS characterize a… …

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  • 7Du Fu — This is a Chinese name; the family name is 杜 (Dù). Du Fu (杜甫) There are no contemporaneous portraits of Du Fu; this is a later artist s impression. Born 712 D …

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  • 8talkative — [tôk′ətiv] adj. talking, or fond of talking, a great deal; loquacious talkatively adv. talkativeness n. SYN. TALKATIVE, implying a fondness for talking frequently or at length, is perhaps the least derogatory of these words [a jolly, talkative… …

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  • 9crone — n. 1. Old woman (in contempt). 2. Old ewe. 3. Garrulous old man, aged gabbler or twaddler …

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  • 10William Henry Donald — (born 22 June 1875, Lithgow, New South Wales, died 9 November 1946, Shanghai) was an Australian newspaperman who worked in China from 1903 until World War II [cite journal |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080340b.htm|title=Donald,… …

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