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The quality of being wordy and talkative
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garrulity
Word definitions for garrulity in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from Middle French garrulité , from Latin garrulitatem (nominative garrulitas ) "chattering, loquacity," from garrulus (see garrulous ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulousness , loquaciousness , loquacity , talkativeness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
garrulity \gar*ru"li*ty\, n. [L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulit['e].] Talkativeness; loquacity.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
Usage examples of garrulity.
His garrulity was irresistible and made Domini feel as if she were sitting with a child.
But let men consider diligently all the things that we have said, and if, perchance, judging without party spirit, they shall clearly perceive that they are such things as may rather be shaken than torn up by their most impudent garrulity, and, as it were, satirical and mimic levity, let them restrain their absurdities, and let them choose rather to be corrected by the wise than to be lauded by the foolish.