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   garrulous

   /ˈɡar(j)ʊləs/

   adjective

   • 1. excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters: "a garrulous cab driver" Similar talkativeloquaciousvolubleverboselong-windedchattychatterychatteringgossipygossipingbabblingblatheringprattlingpratingjabberinggushingeffusiveexpansiveforthcomingconversationalcommunicativeinformal:mouthygabbygassywindytalkyyackingbig-mouthedwith the gift of the gabhaving kissed the Blarney Stonewitteringable to talk the hind legs off a donkeygobbyrare:multiloquentmultiloquouslong-windedwordyverboseprolixlengthyprolongedramblingwanderingmaunderingmeanderingdigressivediffusediscursiveperiphrasticgossipychattyinformal:windygassyOpposite taciturnreticentconcise

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin garrulus (from garrire ‘to chatter, prattle’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. garrulously adverb
   • 2. garrulousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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