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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgarrulousgar‧ru‧lous /ˈɡærələs/ adjective TALK TO somebodyalways talking a lot SYN talkative Ian isn’t normally this garrulous! —garrulously adverb —garrulousness noun [uncountable]
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garrulous• And now that it was all over, Mr Linley became quite garrulous.• Dave, garrulous, a bit tipsy, was a natural raconteur.• From being a painfully shy, diffident recluse, he suddenly metamorphosed into a garrulous and sometimes painfully overbearing extrovert.• They represent instead the definition of a garrulous efficiency in service of a self-destructive goal of global domination.• If I have any suggestions, I shall put them with garrulous hesitation and a suitable air of diffidence.• a garrulous young man
Origin garrulous (1600-1700) Latin garrulus, from garrire “to talk a lot”
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