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Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.

That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving. [R.] The dateless and irrevocable circle of eternity. Milton.

ng; rotatory; revolving. [Obs.] Us, then, to whom the thrice three year Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival here, I blame not. Chapman.

Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. Hall Caine.

Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow.

Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey.…

Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. Shak.

Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.] Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. B. Jonson.

Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

gnificance. [Obs.] Tales of best sentence and most solace. Chaucer. The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence. Milton.

Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent. The only smooth poet of those times. Milton. Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding line. Pope. When sage Minerva rose, From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows. Gay.…

Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious. [R.]

Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. [Written also tonguey.] [Colloq.]

Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble.

The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).