garrulous
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- adjective Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
- adjective Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech.
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- I remember that during our short visit we found the vicar garrulous, but his lodger strangely reticent, a sad-faced, introspective man, sitting with averted eyes, brooding apparently upon his own affairs. — His Last Bow
- Casso was as silent as Beltane was garrulous, and it was some time before the boys -- who spent long hours hanging around the stove when anything interesting was being done -- discovered that Casso was in fact dumb. — The Wicked Day
- The old hand was garrulous, and after their absence the men would be eaten with curiosity about their visit to the island. — Ship Of Magic
- Friendly and garrulous, Bobby was capable of keeping a confidence-but only if you told him explicitly which confidence to keep. — A Breath of Snow and Ashes
- Miss Marple herself was gently garrulous -- she was enjoying her stay in Dillmouth so much and -- wasn't it exciting? — Sleeping Murder
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- From Latin garrulus, from garrīre, to chatter.
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/ (gărˈə-ləs, gărˈyə-)/
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