garrulity

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/
• enPR: /gə-ro͞o′-lĭ-tē/

Noun

garrulity (countable and uncountable, plural garrulities)

1. The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
   • 1652, William Sancroft, Modern Policies:

     He ought to bee of some abilities in disputing; and what he wants in Logick, he must supply in Garrulity: for whatsoever he affirms, the interest he hath in his seduc'd hearers, improves into Syllogism […]

   • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 249:

     With all the affectionate garrulity of age, she a thousand times expressed her pleasure at beholding the sisters; […]

   • 1879, Henry James, Daisy Miller, pt. 1:

     She delivered herself of a great number of original reflections. It was the most charming garrulity he had ever heard.

   • 1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 31, in The Lamp of Fate:

     A stream of inquiry and comment issued from her lips. . . . At last Gillian managed to stem the torrent of garrulity and interposed a question.

Synonyms

• garrulousness
• loquaciousness
• talkativeness

Translations

state or characteristic of being garrulous

• Bulgarian: бъбривост (bg) f (bǎbrivost)
• French: loquacité (fr)
• Georgian: სიტყვამრავლობა (siṭq̇vamravloba), ენამრავლობა (enamravloba), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba)
• German: Geschwätzigkeit (de) f
• Greek: φλυαρία (el) f (flyaría), πολυλογία (el) f (polylogía)
• Irish: foclaíocht f
• Spanish: locuacidad (es) f, garrulidad f, verborrea (es) f, logorrea f