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 ortiresomely talkative . - adjective of something written or performed Excessively
wordy andrambling .
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
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Examples
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Miss Letitia presided over the table in garrulous majesty.
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"He might almost have been called garrulous," Pamela agreed.
The Pawns Count 1906
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The general isn't what you'd call a garrulous man.
The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign 1890
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Adrian is not what one would call a garrulous person at the best of times.
The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889
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Stanley Smith, a Philadelphia lawyer, called his garrulous group to order in the Penn Athletic Club one night last week.
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All this time the poor creature was discussing with herself as to whether she had disobeyed orders, in a kind of garrulous way that made me fear much for her capability of retaining anything secret if she was questioned.
Curious, if True Strange Tales Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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All this time the poor creature was discussing with herself as to whether she had disobeyed orders, in a kind of garrulous way that made me fear much for her capability of retaining anything secret if she was questioned.
The Grey Woman and other Tales Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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Why GM Matters excels when Holstein draws on the extensive access he was given to GM product executives such as garrulous Vice-Chairman Robert A. Lutz or designer Bob Boniface.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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"Of course we haven't encouraged your talking much up to this time, and you don't strike me as a very rapid fire speaker, not exactly what is called garrulous, you know.
The High Calling Charles Monroe Sheldon 1901
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"hearing and telling the latest news" (no undignified or improper mode of recreation in a city where newspapers were unknown), whilst they are condemned as "garrulous," "frivolous," "full of curiosity," and
pmpope commented on the word garrulous
given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
February 6, 2009
jwjarvis commented on the word garrulous
...but let him get on a subject that truly engages him, like a coming election, and he becomes positively garrulous
August 23, 2011