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Definitions for garrulity
gəˈru lɪ tigar·ruli·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativenessnoun

    the quality of being wordy and talkative

Wiktionary

  1. garrulitynoun

    The state or characteristic of being garrulous.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. GARRULITYnoun

    Etymology: garrulitas, Latin.

    Let me here
    Expiate, if possible, my crime,
    Shameful garrulity. John Milton, Agonistes.

    Some vices of speech must carefully be avoided: first of all, loquacity or garrulity. John Ray, on the Creation.

Wikipedia

  1. garrulity

    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.

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  1. garrulity

    Garrulity refers to the quality of being excessively talkative, especially in a rambling, trivial, or long-winded manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Garrulitynoun

    talkativeness; loquacity

  2. Etymology: [L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulit.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of garrulity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of garrulity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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