Synonyms for garrulousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgær ə ləs, ˈgær yə-

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Définition of garrulousness

Origin : 1610s, from Latin garrulus "talkative," from garrire "to chatter," from PIE root *gar- "to call, cry," of imitative origin (cf. Greek gerys "voice, sound," Ossetic zar "song," Welsh garm, Old Irish gairm "noise, cry"). Related: Garrulously; garrulousness.

As in garrulity : noun loquacity

Example sentences :

I often think of those few seconds with the pride and the garrulousness of an old man.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

You don't know what rancour means, or fixity, or garrulousness.
Extract from : « Mollie and the Unwiseman » by John Kendrick Bangs

His puerility and garrulousness in his later writings are often intolerable.
Extract from : « Ephemera Critica » by John Churton Collins

His protracted fits of almost dogged silence are, however, relieved by equally abnormal attacks of garrulousness.
Extract from : « My Fire Opal, and Other Tales » by Sarah Warner Brooks

With the garrulousness of the American abroad, he confided his troubles to the entire staff of the hotel.
Extract from : « The Lost House » by Richard Harding Davis

The matter is one to be thought of seriously by youths and maidens inclined to garrulousness.
Extract from : « Marching Men » by Sherwood Anderson

He spoke whether Ivan Mikhailych listened or dozed off under the soporific of his garrulousness.
Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov

A foolish and doting old man is freed from the miseries that torment the wise and has the chief joy of life: garrulousness.
Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly

Though you had the wisdom of Newton or the wit of Swift, garrulousness would lower you in the eyes of your fellow-creatures.
Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood

Like many talkative people, Mr. Cater developed a way, when you counted upon his garrulousness, of suddenly becoming silent.
Extract from : « The Wayfarers » by Mary Stewart Cutting

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