What does garrulous mean?

Definitions for garrulous
ˈgær ə ləs, ˈgær yə-gar·ru·lous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talkyadjective

    full of trivial conversation

    "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

Wiktionary

  1. garrulousadjective

    Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

  2. garrulousadjective

    Excessively wordy and rambling.

  3. Etymology: From garrulus, form of garrire.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Garrulousadjective

    Prattling; talkative.

    Etymology: garrulus, Latin.

    Old age looks out,
    And garrulous recounts the feats of youth. James Thomson.

Wikipedia

  1. garrulous

    Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is plain language. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity; similarly Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others, famously avoid it. Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.

ChatGPT

  1. garrulous

    Garrulous refers to someone who is excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters. It can also relate to speech that is overly wordy, rambling, or full of insignificant detail.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Garrulousadjective

    talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious

  2. Garrulousadjective

    having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Garrulous

    gar′ū-lus, adj. talkative.—ns. Garrul′ity, Garr′ulousness, talkativeness: loquacity.—adv. Garr′ulously. [L. garrulusgarrīre, to chatter.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of garrulous in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of garrulous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of garrulous in a Sentence

  1. Paul Klee:

    Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

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