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6 words match “GARRULOUS”

GARRULOUS a. 2 definitions
ing much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.
INANILOQUENT; INANILOQUOUS a.
Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous. [R.]
LOQUACIOUS a.
Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden.
MINER n.
The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula). Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. -- Miner's inch, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a giv…
NARRATIVE a.
Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous. But wise through time, and narrative with age. Pope.
POLYLOQUENT a.
Garrulous; loquacious. [R.]