garrulous

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US /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/ UK /ˈɡæɹ.ʊ.ləs/
adj Freq #81824

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

    She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · excessively or tiresomely... chatteringchatterychattyeffusivegabbygarrulousgobbylogorrheic
Word family
Derived forms garrulouslygarrulousnessungarrulous
Related forms garrulity

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin garrulus (“talkative”) + -ous, from the verb garriō (“to chatter”).

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