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garrulity|gəˈruːlɪtɪ|
[a. F. garrulité, ad. L. garrulitātem, f. garrul-us: see garrulous.]
The quality of being garrulous, loquaciousness.
1581W. Fulke in Confer. iii. (1584) O ij b, Such as are like to proceede from a Fryer, full of impudencie and garrulite. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 28 Thou thy selfe..with thy vaine babling and garrulitie troublest our eares. 1671Milton Samson 491 Let me here..expiate, if possible, my crime, Shameful garrulity. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 141 ⁋1 The prudence of a slave, or the garrulity of a woman, have hindered or promoted the most important schemes. 1788H. Walpole Remin. i. 6, I am sensible of the garrulity of old age. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. vii. 247 All alive with the amusing garrulity of monkeys and paroquets. 1859Tennyson Guinevere 309 The novice crying..Shame on her own garrulity garrulously. 1869Phillips Vesuv. ii. 25 Nor is this reticence balanced by the garrulity of any other writer. |