garrulous

WOTD - 21 July 2007    

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡær.əl.əs/, /ˈɡær.jʊl.əs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɛr.əl.əs/, /ˈɡɛr.jʊl.əs/, /ˈɡær.əl.əs/, /ˈɡær.jʊl.əs/

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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

Bosnian: brbljiv (bs) m. German: geschwätzig (de) Hungarian: bőbeszédű (hu), szószátyár (hu) Polish: gadatliwy (pl) m.

Russian: болтливый (ru), говорливый (ru) Spanish: gárrulo (es) Traditional Chinese: 喋喋不休的

excessively wordy and rambling

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

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

Related terms

• garrulity