Garrulous

WORD OF THE DAY

garrulous / adjective / AIR-uh-lus

Definition
1a: given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity
1b: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
2: wordy

Examples
“Most college presidents I've met are outgoing, garrulous types who enjoy talking with students and faculty.”
—John Boyle, The Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen Times, 15 May 2022

Salman grew ever more garrulous as the yellow liquid in the bottle went down; Baal couldn't recall when he'd last heard anyone talk up such a storm.
— Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, 1989

Did You Know?
Garrulous is a 17th century Latin borrowing that has its origin in garrīre, meaning "to chatter, talk rapidly."
That Latin root is probably imitative in origin—that is, it was coined to imitate what it refers to.
English has a number of words that are imitative in origin, among them several others that describe ways of talking, such as babble and chatter.