voluble (redirected from volubleness)

vol·u·ble  (vly-bl)

adj.

1. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.

2.

a. Turning easily on an axis; rotating.

b. Botany Twining or twisting: a voluble vine.

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[Middle English, moving easily, from Old French, from Latin volbilis, revolving, fluent, from volvere, to roll; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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volu·bili·ty, volu·ble·ness n.

volu·bly adv.

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voluble [ˈvɒljʊb^əl]

adj

1. talking easily, readily, and at length; fluent

2. Archaic easily turning or rotating, as on an axis

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Rare (of a plant) twining or twisting

[from Latin volūbilis turning readily, fluent, from volvere to turn]

volubility , volubleness n

volubly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" taciturn - habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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voluble

adjective talkative, garrulous, loquacious, forthcoming, articulate, fluent, glib, blessed with the gift of the gab Bert is a voluble, gregarious man.
reticent, taciturn, unforthcoming, hesitant, terse, succinct, inarticulate, tongue-tied

Translations

voluble [ˈvɒljʊbl] ADJ [person] → locuaz; [speech] → prolijo

voluble [ˈvɒljʊb^əl] adj → volubile

voluble

adj speaker → redegewandt, redselig (pej); protest → wortreich

voluble [ˈvɒljʊbl] adj → loquace

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voluble [ˈvɒljʊbl] adj → loquace