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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, adjective [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.]
1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}.
Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adverb -- {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
garrulous
adjective: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {loquacious}, {talkative}, {talky}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "garrulous": all jaw, blabbing, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive, expansive, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, long-winded, loose-tongued, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, prattling, prolix, smooth, sociable, talkative, talky, verbose, voluble, windy, wordy
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