gabbinessn.
/ˈɡabɪnɪs/, U.S. /ˈɡæbinᵻs/ The quality of being gabby or talkative; talkative character or nature; garrulousness; volubility. Formerly also: †the fact of producing a great deal of talk (obsolete rare).
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overspeecheOE
tongue-itch1540
multiloquy1542
long tongue1557
garrulity1581
slipperiness1589
polylogy1602
volubility1602
loquacity1603
lubricity1603
tonguiness1607
overspeakinga1610
talkativeness1609
philology1623
tongue-vice1628
glibness1633
futility1640
linguacity1656
garrulousness1727
linguosity1727
loquaciousness1727
multiloquiousness1727
jaw1748
multiloquence1760
flippancy1789
verbal diarrhoea1808
magpiety1832
big mouth1834
pleniloquence1838
chattiness1876
open-mouthedness1883
gabbiness1887
garrulance1890
irreticence1919
talkiness1934
ear-bashing1945
mee-mawing1974
1887 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 19 Feb. 5/2 In a committee-room the noise of the senate chamber is positive silence to the gabbiness that takes place there.
1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer ii. 27 Perry Downing reduced that restraint to a minimum because of his gabbiness and vulgarity.
1961 Guardian 10 Oct. 7/3 The gabbiness of the Chicago musicians, who wrote prolifically about themselves.
2005 Times 8 Aug. (Features section) 16/5 He first realised his gabbiness could be the making of him when he joined the debating society at university.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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