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ˈvɒl yə bəlvol·u·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. volubleadjective

    marked by a ready flow of speech

    "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"

Wiktionary

  1. volubleadjective

    Fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey.

  2. volubleadjective

    Expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.

  3. volubleadjective

    Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.

  4. volubleadjective

    Twisting and turning like a vine.

  5. Etymology: From volubilis, from volvo.

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  1. voluble

    Voluble refers to someone who is talkative, and often speaking fluently, quickly, or incessantly; characterized by rapid and fluent speech. It can also refer to something changeable or flexible.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Volubleadjective

    easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter

  2. Volubleadjective

    moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue

  3. Volubleadjective

    changeable; unstable; fickle

  4. Volubleadjective

    having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants

  5. Etymology: [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. to infold, to inwrap, to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Voluble

    vol′ū-bl, adj. easy to roll or move: flowing smoothly: fluent in speech.—adj. Vol′ubile (Milt.), rolling: revolving.—ns. Volubil′ity, Vol′ubleness, state or quality of being voluble: fluency of speech.—adv. Vol′ubly. [L. volubilisvolvĕre, volutum, to roll.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of voluble in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of voluble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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