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garrulous
(encz) | garrulous,upovídaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
garrulous
(encz) | garrulous,žvanivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Garrulous
(gcide) | Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [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.
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The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey.
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2. (Zool.) 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, adv. --
Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.
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garrulous
(wn) | garrulous
adj 1: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty, gabby, garrulous,
loquacious, talkative, talky] |
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garrulously
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garrulousness
(encz) | garrulousness,povídavost n: Zdeněk Brožgarrulousness,upovídanost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Garrulous
(gcide) | Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [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.
[1913 Webster]
The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) 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, adv. --
Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.
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Garrulously
(gcide) | Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [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.
[1913 Webster]
The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) 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, adv. --
Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.
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Garrulousness
(gcide) | Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [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.
[1913 Webster]
The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) 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, adv. --
Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.
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garrulously
(wn) | garrulously
adv 1: in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she
continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of
naughty things'" [syn: loquaciously, garrulously,
talkatively, talkily] |
garrulousness
(wn) | garrulousness
n 1: the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity,
garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity,
talkativeness] |
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