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    [Adjective]  | "gar*ru*lous" | \ ˈger-ə-ləs \


    1: given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

    2: wordy


    Origin: circa 1611 ;

     Borrowed from Latin garrulus, from garrīre "to chatter, talk rapidly" (probably of imitative origin) + -ulus, deverbal suffix denoting inclination or repetitive action (going back to Indo-European -l-, participial suffix) {mat|-ous|};

      * Note : For possible relation to a proposed Indo-European base *ǵeh2r-, see: {care:1|care:1}.;

    [Noun]  | "garrulousness" 


    1: the use of too many words to express an idea;


      * e.g., " ... the garrulousness of the senator's speeches invariably caused every eye in the room to glaze over "



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    [Adjective]  | "garrulous" 


    1: fond of talking or conversation;


      * e.g., " ... a garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn "





    2: using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea;


      * e.g., " ... now that he's in his anecdotage, Grandpa likes to tell garrulous, shaggy-dog accounts of his youthful misadventures "





     [ "garrulous" ]

    1: Talkative, chatty. People that are this way are usually considered 'social'.

      * e.g.,  ...  The man was very garrulous; talking with everyone and being the life of the party. 


     [ "garrulous" ]

    2: sometimes describes a person that doesn't know how to shut the fuck up.

      * e.g.,  ...  The garrulous fool talked through the entire movie, ruining it for the other partrons! 

     [ "garrulous" ]

    1: Garrulous = talkative. Some who is very talkative is often referred to as being garrulous. Bloviating is a from of being garrulous - when one is a longwinded pompous windbag he is bloviating. He is also being garrulous at the same time by being overly talkative.

      * e.g.,  ... I recently went to a political fundraiser - for the most part the speakers were garrulous - way to talkative with out saying anything substantive. There was more bloviating taking place than important discussion. These garrulous windbags were being popinjays. 


     [ "garrulous" ]

    2: Most politicans are garrulous - overly talkative about little of importance - talking more about themselves.


     [ "garrulous" ]

    3: Another term for someone who tends to be garrulous - is popinjay. A popinjay is a person who talks way too much in a conceited manner.

     [ "moist and garrulous" ]

    1: Euphemism for drunk, popularised by Canadian political satire magazine (qv Britain's 'Private Eye') "Frank." May also refer to a habitual drinker/alcoholic; somewhat synonymous with "over-refreshed."

      * e.g.,  ... Stephen Harper, not normally seen in the company of the moist and garrulous, was coaxed to attend the party... 

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