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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vol-yuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɒl yə bəl |
Definition of voluble
Origin :- 1570s, "liable to constant change," from French voluble, from Latin volubilis "that turns around, rolling, flowing, fluent" (of speech), from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see volvox). Meaning "fluent, talkative" first recorded 1580s. Related: Volubly.
- adj talkative
- But are you voluble enough to drown all sense in a torrent of words?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Fluent and voluble upon all other subjects, upon this he hesitated.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- A voluble fellow; of what original nationality I could not determine.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- Hundreds will be voluble in admiration, for one who will be silent in delight.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- A voluble waiter was gesticulating and seeking instructions about the wine.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- Mr. Gladstone in the House was voluble, eloquent, communicative.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- He had not heard a great deal of his voluble hostess's chatter.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- The Mexican parrots are the most voluble to be found this side of southern Africa.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- Next he was half-hypnotized by the voluble man's stream of rapid talk.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- The low, voluble delivery was enough by itself to compel my attention.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
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