volubility

English

Etymology

voluble +‎ -ity, from Latin volubilitas.

Noun

volubility (countable and uncountable, plural volubilities)

1. (uncountable) the state of being voluble
   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 36”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa. I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.

2. (countable) the degree to which someone is voluble

Translations

the state of being voluble

• Bulgarian: бъбривост (bg) f (bǎbrivost)
• Finnish: sujuvuus (fi)
• Georgian: ენამრავლობა (enamravloba), სიტყვამრავლობა (siṭq̇vamravloba), სიტყვაუხვობა (siṭq̇vauxvoba)
• Russian: говорли́вость (ru) f (govorlívostʹ), разгово́рчивость (ru) f (razgovórčivostʹ)