GARRULOUS

chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky

(adjective) full of trivial conversation; “kept from her housework by gabby neighbors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

garrulous (comparative more garrulous, superlative most garrulous)

Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

Synonyms: chatty, talkative, long-winded, loquacious, tonguey, voluble, Thesaurus:talkative

(of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

Synonyms: bombastic, rambling, wordy, Thesaurus:verbose

Source: Wiktionary


Gar"ru*lous, a. Etym: [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. Call.]

1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.

Syn.

– Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.

– Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv.

– Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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