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[ guh-roo-li-tee ] / gəˈru lɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR garrulity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity. Origin of garrulity1575–85; <French garrulité<Latin garrulitās.See garrulous, -ity OTHER WORDS FROM garrulitynon·gar·ru·li·ty, nounWords nearby garrulitygarrison state, Garrison, William Lloyd, garron, garrote, garrotte, garrulity, garrulous, garrya, garryowen, garter, garter belt Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for garrulityThe garrulity of age, a powerful imagination, and a boasting disposition are his chief stock in trade. Historic Waterways--Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers|Reuben Gold Thwaites He was somewhat talkative, and was a little inclined to be imprudent in his conversation, but with a certain wit in his garrulity. Saragossa|Benito Prez Galds She missed the garrulity of familiar friends whom she no longer met. To Tell You the Truth|Leonard Merrick The evening also passed away, but not without continued symptoms of garrulity on the part of Geoffrey Hudson. Peveril of the Peak|Sir Walter Scott
Words related to garrulitygrandiloquence, wordiness, verboseness, prolixity, verbosity, logorrhea, loquaciousness, talkativeness, volubility, glibness, garrulousness, long-windedness, chattiness |