garrulity

  • 1garrulity — gar*ru li*ty, n. [L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulit[ e].] Talkativeness; loquacity. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2garrulity — 1580s, from M.Fr. garrulité, from L. garrulitatem (nom. garrulitas) chattering, loquacity, from garrulus (see GARRULOUS (Cf. garrulous)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3garrulity — garrulity, garrulousness talkativeness, loquacity, volubility, glibness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: *verbiage: prolixity, verboseness, diffuseness, wordiness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): chattering, prating, babbling,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 4garrulity — noun /ɡəˈɹu.lɪ.ti/ The state or characteristic of being garrulous. She delivered herself of a great number of original reflections. It was the most charming garrulity he had ever heard. Syn: garrulousness, loquaciousness, talkativeness …

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  • 5garrulity — garrulous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively talkative. DERIVATIVES garrulity noun garrulously adverb garrulousness noun. ORIGIN Latin garrulus, from garrire to chatter, prattle …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6garrulity — noun Date: 1581 the quality or state of being garrulous …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7garrulity — /geuh rooh li tee/, n. the quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity. [1575 85; < F garrulité < L garrulitas. See GARRULOUS, ITY] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 8garrulity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. loquacity, wordiness, prolixity, verbosity. Ant., taciturnity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. loquacity, wordiness, verbosity, glibness, grandiloquence, talkativeness, chattiness, garrulousness, volubility,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 9garrulity — gar·ru·li·ty || gæ ruːlÉ™tɪ n. wordiness, loquaciousness, talkativeness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10garrulity — n. Loquacity, loquaciousness, babble, babbling, talkativenesss, prattle, prate …

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