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The definition of garrulous is someone who talks too much about unimportant things.

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An example of garrulous is someone rambling about celebrity gossip.

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See garrulous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

talking much or too much, esp. about unimportant things; loquacious

Origin: L garrulus < garrire, to chatter: for IE base see care

Related Forms:

garrulity noun or garrulousness
garrulously adverb

See garrulous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin garrulus

Origin: , from garrīre, to chatter

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Related Forms:

garˈru·lous·ly adverb

garˈru·lous·ness noun

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