garrulous

WOTD – 21 July 2007    

English

Etymology

From Latin garrulus (“talkative”), form of garrīre (“to chatter”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡæɹ.ʊ.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.jʊ.ləs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/, /ˈɡɛɹ.jə.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.ə.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.jə.ləs/

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Adjective

garrulous (comparative more garrulous, superlative most garrulous)

1. Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
   • 1984, "A Modern Whitman," by James Atlas. The Atlantic, Dec 1984.

     Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous, untidy narratives read like a good novel.

2. (of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

Synonyms

• (excessively or tiresomely talkative): chatty, talkative, loquacious, tonguey
• (excessively wordy and rambling): bombastic, rambling, wordy
• See also Wikisaurus:talkative
• See also Wikisaurus:verbose

Derived terms

• garrulously
• garrulousness

Translations

excessively or tiresomely talkative

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喋喋不休的 (cmn)

• German: geschwätzig (de)
• Hungarian: bőbeszédű (hu), szószátyár (hu)
• Polish: gadatliwy (pl) m

• Romanian: limbut (ro)
• Russian: болтливый (ru) (boltlivyj), говорливый (ru) (govorlivyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: brbljiv (sh) m
• Spanish: gárrulo (es)

excessively wordy and rambling

• Irish: foclach (ga)
• Russian: пространный (ru) (prostrannyj)

• Spanish: gárrulo (es)
• Tamil: வாயாடி (ta)

Related terms

• garrulity