garrulous

English

WOTD – 21 July 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin garrulus (“talkative”), from the verb garriō (“I chatter”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæɹ.ʊ.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.jʊ.ləs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/, /ˈɡɛɹ.jə.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.ə.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.jə.ləs/

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Adjective

garrulous (comparative more garrulous, superlative most garrulous)

1. Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

   Synonyms: chatty, talkative, longiloquence, long-winded, loquacious, tonguey, voluble; see also Thesaurus:talkative

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household.

   • 1984 Dec, James Atlas, “A Modern Whitman”, in The Atlantic:

     Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous, untidy narratives read like a good novel.

2. (of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

   Synonyms: bombastic, rambling, wordy; see also Thesaurus:verbose

Derived terms

• garrulously
• garrulousness

Related terms

• garrulity

Translations

excessively or tiresomely talkative

• Bulgarian: бъбрив (bg) (bǎbriv), приказлив (bg) (prikazliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喋喋不休的

• Dutch: kletserig (nl), praatziek (nl), babbelziek (nl),
• Georgian: ყბედი (q̇bedi), ენაჭარტალა (enač̣arṭala), მოლაყბე (molaq̇be), სიტყვამრავალი (siṭq̇vamravali)
• German: geschwätzig (de)
• Greek: φλύαρος (el) (flýaros)

  Ancient: λάλος (lálos)

• Hungarian: bőbeszédű (hu), szószátyár (hu)
• Irish: béalchlabach, clabach, ráiteach
• Italian: garrulo (it)
• Latin: garrulus
• Macedonian: бр́борлив (bŕborliv), бр́блив (bŕbliv), збо́рлив (zbórliv), го́ворлив (góvorliv), др́дорлив (dŕdorliv)
• Maori: tewha, ngutu tewha, tewetewe, pukukōrero, kōtetetete
• Mongolian: ам задгай (am zadgaj)
• Polish: gadatliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: gárrulo (pt), tagarela (pt)
• Romanian: limbut (ro), guraliv (ro), gureș (ro), flecar (ro)
• Russian: болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj), говорли́вый (ru) (govorlívyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: брбљив

  Roman: brbljiv (sh)

• Spanish: gárrulo (es), lenguón, lenguaz, locuaz (es)
• Swedish: pratsjuk (sv)
• Ukrainian: балакучий (uk) (balakučyj), говіркий (hovirkyj)

excessively wordy and rambling

• Bulgarian: многословен (bg) (mnogosloven)
• Dutch: langdradig (nl), wijdlopig (nl), omslachtig (nl),
• Greek: πολύλογος (el) (polýlogos), απεραντολόγος (el) (aperantológos)
• Irish: foclach
• Macedonian: збо́рлив (zbórliv), го́ворлив (góvorliv), многугла́голив (mnoguglágoliv)
• Russian: простра́нный (ru) (prostránnyj)
• Spanish: gárrulo (es)
• Tamil: வாயாடி (ta) (vāyāṭi)
• Ukrainian: багатослівний (uk) (bahatoslivnyj)