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voluble
Voluble (adj) means talking easily and smoothly, with words flowing freely.
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1
Talking easily and smoothly, with words flowing freely.
"In the summer of 2020, Daniel Beunza, a voluble Spanish social scientist who taught at Cass business school in London, organised a stream of video calls with a dozen senior bankers in the US and Europe."
— Gillian Tett, The empty office: what we lose when we work from home (2021)
2
Describes feelings or ideas put into words easily, at length and smoothly.
"In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal, in duty bound, most fair, most kind, most honest broadbrim."
— James Joyce, [Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis] (1922)
3
Moving with an easy, rolling, wave-like motion.
"Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion."
— Leonard Barnes, Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record (1935)
4
Winding and curling in the way a climbing plant does.
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Etymology
Came from Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis (“rolling”), which in turn derives from volvō (“roll”).
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What is the meaning of voluble?
"voluble" (adj) means talking easily and smoothly, with words flowing freely.
What is another word for voluble?
Other words for "voluble" include loquacious, gabby, chatty, gobby, prolix, garrulous.
What is the opposite of voluble?
The opposite of "voluble" is taciturn.
What are the different meanings of voluble?
"voluble" has 3 main meanings: 1. Talking easily and smoothly, with words flowing freely; 2. Describes feelings or ideas put into words easily, at length and smoothly; 3. Moving with an easy, rolling, wave-like motion.
