voluble

«voluble» in Mova's school dictionary: Talking a lot, quickly and easily, often with feeling — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (voluble)

meaning for a pupil

1) Talking a lot, quickly and easily, often with feeling. tree →

2) Of speech: long, fast and full of words. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal describing word for talkers. Toad in The Wind in the Willows is voluble — he never stops talking about himself. In Alice in Wonderland the Duchess and the Mock Turtle can be voluble. It tells the reader someone talks a great deal.

examples

• Toad was voluble about his new motor car. tree →
• My voluble aunt told us every detail of her holiday. tree →
• The voluble guide never stopped talking. tree →
• She became voluble when she was excited. tree →
• He gave a voluble explanation that no one could follow. tree →
• The parrot was voluble all morning. tree →

note

Adjective, formal; adverb «volubly». Say VOL-yoo-bul. Similar: talkative, chatty. Not related to «volume» in meaning, though the root is shared (rolling).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «voluble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.