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volable

volable is the obsolete form of voluble.

Meaning of voluble

Adjective

voluble (comparative more voluble, superlative most voluble)

  1. Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
    • A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Antonyms:
    halting
  2. Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
    • Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours itſelf, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Vpon the Insolency of the Tumults”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 32
  3. Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
    • Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.1935, Leonard Barnes, Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record, Peter Davies, page 22
    Synonyms:
    steady
  4. Twisting and turning like a vine.

Forms of volable

comparativemore volable
superlativemost volable

Questions about volable

What is volable the obsolete form of?
Volable is the obsolete form of voluble.

Words near volable in the dictionary

  1. vol%
  2. vol-au-vent
  3. vol-au-vents
  4. vol.
  5. vola
  6. volable
  7. volador
  8. voladora
  9. voladoras
  10. voladors
  11. volae

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