garrulous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
Excessively wordy and rambling.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡæɹ.ʊ.ləs/ /ˈɡæɹ.jʊ.ləs/ /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/ /ˈɡɛɹ.jə.ləs/ /ˈɡæɹ.ə.ləs/ /ˈɡæɹ.jə.ləs/ En-us-garrulous.ogg En-us-garrulous-2.ogg

Word forms

garrulous more garrulous most garrulous

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin garrulus (“talkative”) + -ous, from the verb garriō (“to chatter”).

Synonyms

chatty talkative long-winded loquacious tonguey voluble chattering chattery effusive gabby garrulous gobby logorrheic motormouth nattersome nattery outspoken prolix talksome talky verbose wordy yakky yappy bombastic rambling circumlocutory diffuse periphrastic palaverous pleonastic rigmarole sesquipedalian

Related words

garrulity

Derived words

garrulously garrulousness ungarrulous

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