/garrulous/

 

/garrulous/

 

-) Adjective.

 

-) Pronunciation and accent: gærələs. 

 

-) Etymology: from Latin garrulus (= chattering, talkative), from garrīre (= to twitter. Hence: to chatter, prattle) + -ous. 

-) It is dated from the beginning of 1600.

 

1. (Of a bird) chattering.

 

2. (Of a person) talking much and trivially.

 

-) Synonyms for “garrulous”: loquacious, talkative, chatty.

 

-) Translation: bavard, in French; locuaz, in Spanish; garrulo, in Italian.

-) Antonyms of “garrulous”: taciturn, uncommunicative.

He is garrulous, good-humoured, and gay.

Hester Piozzi… Observations and Reflections 1789

The guide was a conversable, garrulous fellow, like most of his country.

Edward Lytton… Zanoni 1842

Moreover, Marmaduke, wishing to satisfy his curiosity, turned the conversation upon Warner and Sibyll, a theme upon which the old woman was well disposed to be garrulous.

Bulwer-Lytton… The Last of the Barons 1843

3. (Of talk, mood, etc.) characterized by garrulity; consisting in talking much and trivially.

 

Leslie happened to be in a garrulous mood, and talked incessantly about his former military frontier life.

Francis Parkman… Vassall Morton 1856

[…] the preceding garrulous narrative.

Hannah Jones… Trials of love 1849

-) Words derived from “garrulous”: garrulity, garrulously, garrulousness.