Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
  • adjective Wordy and rambling.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Talkative; prating; loquacious; specifically, given to talking much and with much minuteness and repetition of unimportant or trivial details.
  • Synonyms Loquacious, etc. (see talkative); prattling, babbling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
  • adjective of something written or performed Excessively wordy and rambling.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective full of trivial conversation

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin garrulus, from garrīre, to chatter.]

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From Latin garrulus ("talkative"), form of garrīre ("to chatter").

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  • given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

    February 6, 2009

  • ...but let him get on a subject that truly engages him, like a coming election, and he becomes positively garrulous

    August 23, 2011