garrulity
- noun
- /ɡəˈruːləti/
- Formal
:
garrulidad
- The teacher's garrulity often distracted the students from the main topic of discussion during class.
Examples
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They consider garrulity a crime against nature.
Fiction book (1993) -
Uncle Phil, as he was known, was an impressively handsome man who was famous for his garrulity.
Academic text (1999) -
But he would not be the first desert rat who moved easily between extremes of garrulity in company and silence in solitude.
Fiction book (1993) -
(n2) Sancho, the hero of garrulity.
Academic text (1998) -
I won't mention any of my other perks (it was garrulity that cost my predecessor this job).
Fiction book (1991) -
I also have before me Bob's foiled-cover 1923 edition of Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor, by Henry Holt, which makes me smile.
Academic text (2005) -
"With the same garrulity with which he had dismembered their performances earlier, Ted Freeman now proceeded to lavish praise on his actors, who listened to him intently, their faces aglow with delight.
Fiction book (1990) -
During lunch, her garrulity about the weather and her weekend plans entertained everyone at the table.
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His constant garrulity about the trivial details of his day made meetings much longer than necessary.
Synonyms
2
9.9
Talking too much in a way that is hard to stop and hard to follow
1
4.7
A habit of talking a lot
1
4.4
A habit of talking a lot in a friendly, lively way
1
9.9
The habit of talking a lot
1
9.9
A habit of talking a lot and for a long time
1
9.9
Talking too much in an annoying, uncontrolled way
A habit of talking a lot about unimportant things
A person who likes to speak a lot in social situations
Antonyms
How Talkative
- Formal
- Formal
1
9.9
- Formal
1
9.0
1
4.7
1
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word garrulity comes from the Latin verb garrire, which means 'to chatter', and the English word garrulous has the same root. So, think of someone chattering like a small bird; garrulity means 'excessive talkativeness', especially about small or unimportant things.