garrulity
81garrulous — [gar′ə ləs, gar′yo͞oləs, gar′yələs] adj. [L garrulus < garrire, to chatter: for IE base see CARE] talking much or too much, esp. about unimportant things; loquacious SYN. TALKATIVE garrulity [gə ro͞o′lə tē] n. garrulousness garrulously adv …
82communicativeness — noun the trait of being communicative • Ant: ↑uncommunicativeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑communicative • Hypernyms: ↑trait • Hyponyms: ↑frankness, ↑ …
83garrulous — adj. 1 talkative, esp. on trivial matters. 2 loquacious, wordy. Derivatives: garrulity n. garrulously adv. garrulousness n. Etymology: L garrulus f. garrire chatter …
84leresis — noun rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged) • Hypernyms: ↑garrulity, ↑garrulousness, ↑loquaciousness, ↑loquacity, ↑talkativeness …
85talky — adjective full of trivial conversation (Freq. 1) kept from her housework by gabby neighbors • Syn: ↑chatty, ↑gabby, ↑garrulous, ↑loquacious, ↑talkative • Similar to: ↑ …
86gar|ru|li|ty — «guh ROO luh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. the fact or quality of being garrulous; talkativeness: »His blunt, rough manners, garrulity and good humor won him attention (Time). 2. garrulous remarks; wordiness …
87lo|quac|i|ty — «loh KWAS uh tee», noun. an inclination to talk a great deal; talkativeness: »The only limit to his loquacity was his strength (Henry T. Buckle). The songs…help to compensate for the loquacity (New Yorker). SYNONYM(S): garrulity, volubility.… …
88STEINBERG, JACOB — (1887–1947), Hebrew poet, short story writer, and essayist; born in Belaya Tserkov in the Ukraine. Little is known of his early life, except what may be gathered from his short stories and novelettes. These, with their portrayal of poverty,… …
