Garrulousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to
     chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf.
     {Call}.]
     1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial
        things; talkative; loquacious.
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              The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
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     2. (Zool.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of
        birds; as, the garrulous roller.
  
     Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}.
  
     Usage: 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  garrulousness
       n : the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: {garrulity},
           {loquaciousness}, {loquacity}, {talkativeness}]