voluble

  • 21Voluble stem — Voluble Vol u*ble, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. {Well} of water, {Convolvulus}, {Devolve}, {Involve}, {Revolt}, {Vault} an… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22voluble — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin volubilis, from volvere to roll; akin to Old English wealwian to roll, Greek eilyein to roll, wrap Date: 15th century 1. easily rolling or turning ; rotating 2. characterized by ready or rapid… …

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  • 23voluble — adjective /ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl,ˈvɑl.jə.bəl/ a) fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious b) easily rolling or turning Syn: steady …

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  • 24voluble — Synonyms and related words: all jaw, bombastic, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive, expansive, exuberant, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, long winded, loquacious, multiloquent,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25voluble — vo|lu|ble Mot Pla Adjectiu invariable …

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  • 26voluble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. talkative, verbose; fluent, glib. See loquacity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. talkative, glib, loquacious; see fluent 2 . See Synonym Study at talkative . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. talkative …

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  • 27voluble — adjetivo 1) inestable, versátil, tornadizo, variable, mudable, inconstante, voltario. Se aplican a las personas, ya sea a su carácter, ya sea a sus actitudes. 2) caprichoso*, antojadizo. * * * …

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  • 28voluble — vol·u·ble || vÉ‘ljÉ™bl / vÉ’ljÊŠbl adj. fluent, talkative, loquacious, garrulous; turning with ease on an axis …

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  • 29voluble — [ vɒljʊb(ə)l] adjective speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently. Derivatives volubility noun volubly adverb Origin ME (in senses rotating about an axis and tending to change ): from Fr., or from L. volubilis, from volvere to roll …

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  • 30voluble — a. 1. Rolling. 2. Nimble, active. 3. Fluent, glib, loquacious, talkative, of a ready tongue, ready in speech, nimble of speech. 4. (Bot.) Twining, volubile …

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