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   garrulous

   /ˈɡar(j)ʊləs/

   adjective

   • 1. excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters: "a garrulous cab driver" Similar talkativeloquaciousvolubleverboselong-windedchattychatterychatteringgossipygossipingbabblingblatheringprattlingpratingjabberinggushingeffusiveexpansiveforthcomingconversationalcommunicativeinformal:mouthygabbygassywindytalkyyackingbig-mouthedwith the gift of the gabhaving kissed the Blarney Stonewitteringable to talk the hind legs off a donkeygobbyrare:multiloquentmultiloquouslong-windedwordyverboseprolixlengthyprolongedramblingwanderingmaunderingmeanderingdigressivediffusediscursiveperiphrasticgossipychattyinformal:windygassyOpposite taciturnreticentconcise

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin garrulus (from garrire ‘to chatter, prattle’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. garrulously adverb
   • 2. garrulousness noun

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   What is a garrulous commentator?

   • talking a lot, especially about unimportant things synonym talkative The normally garrulous commentator had nothing to say. He is garrulous and inquisitive. Definition of garrulous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is a garrulous person?

   • They are pleasure-loving and garrulous, though this latter trait is not, I suppose, a specially national characteristic. For a time, too, I dropped out of the garrulous literary and journalistic circles I had frequented. Garrulous definition: excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters..

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   What is the difference between loquacious and garrulous?

   • loquacious suggests the power of expressing oneself articulately, fluently, or glibly. garrulous implies prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity. voluble suggests a free, easy, and unending loquacity. Salman grew ever more garrulous as the yellow liquid in the bottle went down; Baal couldn't recall when he'd last heard anyone talk up such a storm.

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   What is a garrulous speech?

   • excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters. a garrulous and boring speech. See talkative. The Babe, big and garrulous and oh so sociable and oh so immense in all his appetites. I was lively and loquacious and garrulous and all those sorts of things, and I performed and did stand-up.

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     GARRULOUS translate: （尤指对鸡毛蒜皮的事情）喋喋不休的，絮叨的，饶舌的. Learn more...

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     GARRULOUS translate: charlatán, gárrulo, parlanchín,...

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   A garrulous person just won’t stop talking (and talking, and talking, and talking...). Garrulous comes from the Latin word garrire for "chattering or prattling." If someone is garrulous, he doesn't just like to talk; he indulges in talking for talking’s sake — whether or not there’s a real conversation going on.

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