Synonyms for garrulity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : guh-roo-li-tee
Phonetic Transcription : gəˈru lɪ ti

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Définition of garrulity

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle French garrulité, from Latin garrulitatem (nominative garrulitas) "chattering, loquacity," from garrulus (see garrulous).
  • noun loquacity
Example sentences :
  • If I had believed the "garrulity," as she called it, to have been unintentional, I might have been flattered.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The landlady's garrulity was interrupted by a light scream: "Hugh, Hugh!"
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • His garrulity might have an alcoholic basis, but his wits were clear enough.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • The garrulity of the day had been given for the moment a new direction.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • But enough of Christmas and its gambols; it is time for me to pause in this garrulity.
  • Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
  • He had not suffered such an attack of garrulity for the past twenty years.
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • Caroline, depressed as she was, felt the dame's garrulity like a pinch on her impatience.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • Perhaps, she believed the garrulity of her husband ample for the entire family.
  • Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
  • And for all his garrulity, I know, Peter was really watching us with the eye of a hawk.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • One might censure the garrulity of Euripides and the inequality of Sophocles.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

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