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Meaning of "garrulity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GARRULITY

ɡæˈruːlɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARRULITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Garrulity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GARRULITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbosity

Verbosity is speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness, which can be found in plain language, and laconism. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn writers not to be verbose. Similarly, some authors, including Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, use a succinct style and avoid verbosity. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. Corresponding adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix, grandiloquent, garrulous, and logorrheic. Examples of verbosity are common in political speech, academic prose, and other genres.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GARRULITY

ability · accessibility · availability · capability · credulity · facility · functionality · hospitality · incredulity · liability · nobility · overcredulity · personality · possibility · quality · reality · responsibility · sedulity · stability · utility

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GARRULITY

garreted · garreteer · Garrett · Garrick · garrigue · garrison · garrison life · garrison town · garrison troops · garron · garrot · garrote · garroter · garrotte · garrotter · garrulous · garrulously · garrulousness · garrya · garryowen

WORDS THAT END LIKE GARRULITY

accountability · augmented reality · disability · durability · eligibility · equality · fertility · fidelity · flexibility · homosexuality · humility · locality · mobility · nationality · originality · probability · reliability · spirituality · sustainability · visibility

Synonyms and antonyms of garrulity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GARRULITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «garrulity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «garrulity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GARRULITY

Find out the translation of garrulity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of garrulity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garrulity» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

garrulity
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

locuacidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

garrulity
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

garrulity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثرثرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

болтливость
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

loquacidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জল্প
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

loquacité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Garrulity
190 millions of speakers
de

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Geschwätzigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

garrulity
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

요설
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Garrulity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh nói nhiều
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

garrulity
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

गॅरोलिटी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

çenebazlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

loquacità
65 millions of speakers
pl

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garrulity
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

балакучість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vorbărie goală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φλυαρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

praat achtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

garrulity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

garrulity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of garrulity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GARRULITY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about garrulity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARRULITY»

Discover the use of garrulity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garrulity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750–1850
The narrator reports, “But still she talked on, and as this seemed her only comfort, they would not check her garrulity” (85). For Edgeworth, garrulity is not to be indulged for its own sake—or even for the sake of age—but because it is charitable.
Devoney Looser, 2010
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A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
The narrator reports, ''But still she talked on, and as this seemed her only comfort, they would not check her garrulity'' (85). For Edgeworth, garrulity is not to be indulged for its own sake – or even for the sake of age – but because it is charitable ...
Paula R. Backscheider, Catherine Ingrassia, 2009
3
Materials for Thinking
Curiosity is the constant attendant _of garrulity, but they who wish to talk much, must have something to tell, and they are particularly curious in enquiring after secrets which afford a constant subject to their babbling loquacity." V Great talkers ...
William Burdon, 1810
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State of society. Principal moral writers and systems of ...
The subject of garrulity he has treated with great force and ability : " Philosophy," says he, " undertakes a difficult task when she pretends to cure garrulity." " The fault of not being able to hold one's tongue arises from not being able to listen.
William Burdon, George Ensor, 1820
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The Characters of Theophrastus [tr. by I. Taylor] illustr. ...
The distinction commonly made in the use of the terms garrulity and loquacity is founded on an essential difference between the two dispositions. Garrulity results from the relaxed condition of faculties which either have been, or which might ...
Theophrastus, 1831
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The characters of Theophrastus: illustrated by ...
The distinction commonly made in the use of the terms garrulity and loquacity is founded on an essential difference between the two dispositions. Garrulity results from the relaxed condition of faculties which either have been, or which might ...
Theophrastus, Isaac Taylor, 1836
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Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy
As with Isocrates, one can find more expressions of this idea in later writers, but it is along the lines of the Athenian's notion that the ideas of “nonsense” (phluarein, le'rein) and “garrulity” (lalein, adoleskhein) converge: when one speaks too ...
Stephen E. Kidd, 2014
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
noun they were irritated by his ungovernable garrulity: talkativeness, garrulousness, loquacity, loquaciousness, volubility, verbosity, verboseness, long -windedness, wordiness, chattiness, effusiveness, profuseness, communicativeness, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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New York Magazine
garrulity. deluding. itself. that. it. is. wit,. substituting. fog. for. froth. Russia. is. pointless. performance. 'art'. . ." JUST ABOUT THE HARDEST THING TO write is a good play without a purpose. Purposes are many: You may need to get something ...
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The Velvet Cushion
indulge in that garrulity so general with the old in praising old times, and therefore I will say no more on this subject.' — " I wish it had said as much again on the subject," said the old gentleman. — " I wish it had," echoed his lady, — '* and I ...
John William Cunningham, 1814

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARRULITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term garrulity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
America's Yin and Yang
... in one rambling 1812 letter to Adams, "Whither is senile garrulity leading me?" (I'm sure readers of this column have often wondered that, too.). «Pacific Northwest Inlander, Jul 15»
2
Wither This Human Race?
Briefly, these shortcomings are as follows: Garrulity – The biggest flaw. Monotonous talk dulls the edgeof listenability. Abuse of the mike, merely ... «Sunday Leader, Jun 15»
3
Matchbox Theatre review – sketchy Michael Frayn show proves …
But while Frayn explores language games in the manner of a comedic Wittgenstein, he makes rather too obvious fun of unstoppable garrulity ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
New today: Brian Doyle remembers his two uncles, blogging the …
... sit between them, and every hour or so one would murmur a response to some moppet's question, and the other would smile at his garrulity. «The Christian Century, May 15»
5
Sense of Self
Hayes is a poet of swallowed garrulity, imagined riposte, mock correction, and interior litigation. We all have, in our heads, a marionette theatre ... «The New Yorker, May 15»
6
Memo to President-elect Buhari (1)
It is indiscipline that breeds dishonesty, garrulity, tendency to steal, deviance, and other forms of anti-social behaviours. Those more vulnerable ... «Daily Sun, Apr 15»
7
Classical: Four concerts show up the limits of formalism in music
... and, as in some late Beethoven, rises into unsuspected heights; and sometimes, as in Beethoven's occasional bouts of garrulity, it overspills ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
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Man and Superman, National Theatre, review: 'Has Fiennes ever …
The character's coruscating garrulity is so relentless it becomes a running-joke. Tanner, though, has serious, revolutionary-minded things to say ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
9
Of garrulity, vituperations and Nigeria's politics
The 2015 electioneering has brought out the best in Nigeria's politicians: garrulity, cantankerousness and lack of restraint. Past elections, no ... «Daily Sun, Feb 15»
10
The Minister and GT
... development, but as it was, his instinct for garrulity had already found its natural outlet the day before the rain made its unwelcome visitation. «Stabroek News, Dec 14»
REFERENCE
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