VOLUBILITY

fluency, volubility, articulateness

(noun) the quality of being facile in speech and writing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

volubility (countable and uncountable, plural volubilities)

(uncountable) the state of being voluble

(countable) the degree to which someone is voluble

Source: Wiktionary


Vol`u*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. volubilitas: cf. F. volubilité.]

Definition: The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

16 September 2024

DOMESTICATION

(noun) accommodation to domestic life; “her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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