garrulous
adjective
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Garrulous is a 17th century Latin borrowing that has its origin in garrīre, meaning "to chatter, talk rapidly." That Latin root is probably imitative in origin—that is, it was coined to imitate what it refers to. English has a number of words that are imitative in origin, among them several others that describe ways of talking, such as babble and chatter.
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Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, 1989
To an American reader in 1982, confronted with this garrulous, indefatigably quirky, I'm-just-typing-on-yellow-paper-and-associating-ideas-and-memories prose work of 1936, such a judgment, by a presumably informed person, seems preposterous.
—Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review, 3 Oct. 1982
He was not garrulous by any means. On the contrary, there was a fine reserve in his manner toward the entire domestic economy of his life which was all that is comprehended by the popular term, gentlemanly.
—Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie, 1900
He became more garrulous after drinking a couple of beers.
a garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn
Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2022
Or that the mayor (Ron Perlman, chewing the scenery as a garrulous Trump caricature) would make his dirty money so easy to find?
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Heather Jones & Scott Troxel Their sometimes garrulous titles suggest that Heather Jones’s paintings tell stories.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Argentines joking around in lilting Spanish and Australians with their distinctive garrulous accent.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
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“Garrulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garrulous. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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