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garrulous

/ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/

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What does garrulous mean?

adjective

  1. Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
  2. Excessively wordy and rambling.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɡɛɹ.jə.ləs//ˈɡæɹ.ə.ləs//ˈɡæɹ.jə.ləs/
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The Scotch keeper of it is an old, garrulous, obliging man, and keeps codfish tackle to loan.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62
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Dinah gave a very garrulous version of it, to which Tom added the particulars which he had drawn from her that morning.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203
In our broiling July weather one can walk out with this genially garrulous Fellow of Oriel and find refreshment instead of fatigue.
James Russell LowellMy Garden AcquaintanceProject Gutenberg ebook #880
“Not I,” said I, and sat grimly watching his face under the yellow paraffine flare, as he drank himself into a garrulous misery.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159