VOLUBLE

voluble

(adjective) marked by a ready flow of speech; “she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

voluble (comparative more voluble, superlative most voluble)

(of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey.

(of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed) Expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.

Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.

(botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.

Synonyms

• (easily rolling): steady

Antonyms

• (fluent): halting

Source: Wiktionary

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Vol"u*ble, a. Etym: [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]

1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.

2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue. [Cassio,] a knave very voluble. Shak.

Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. "A grave and voluble eloquence." Bp. Hacket.

3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.]

4. (Bot.)

Definition: Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body.

– Vol"u*ble*ness, n.

– Vol"u*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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