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garrulity

/ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/

garrulity noun: the state or characteristic of being garrulous.

Noun

garrulity (countable and uncountable, plural garrulities)

  1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
    • He ought to bee of some abilities in disputing; and what he wants in Logick, he must supply in Garrulity: for whatsoever he affirms, the interest he hath in his seduc'd hearers, improves into Syllogism […]1652, William Sancroft, Modern Policies
    • With all the affectionate garrulity of age, she a thousand times expressed her pleasure at beholding the sisters;[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 249
  2. Garrulous talk.
    • A stream of inquiry and comment issued from her lips. . . . At last Gillian managed to stem the torrent of garrulity and interposed a question.1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 31, in The Lamp of Fate
    • She delivered herself of a great number of original reflections. It was the most charming garrulity he had ever heard.1879, Henry James, Daisy Miller, pt. 1

garrulity meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

garrulity in Urdu

باتونی پن, کثیر الکلامی

garrulity in Malayalam

അതിഭാഷണം, വായാടിത്തരം, വാചാലത

Synonyms of garrulity

Forms of garrulity

pluralgarrulities

Questions about garrulity

What does garrulity mean?
Garrulity means the state or characteristic of being garrulous.
What is garrulity in Urdu?
Garrulity in Urdu is باتونی پن, کثیر الکلامی. See Garrulity meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is garrulity?
Garrulity is a noun.
How do you pronounce garrulity?
Garrulity is pronounced /ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of garrulity?
The plural of garrulity is garrulities.

Words near garrulity in the dictionary

  1. garrow
  2. Garrowhill
  3. garrows
  4. Garrs
  5. garrulities
  6. garrulity
  7. garrulous
  8. garrulously
  9. garrulousness
  10. garrupa
  11. garrupas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: garrulity (page history and authors); garrulity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); garrulity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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