© 2017 James LaFond
“Night was falling as the comrades stepped into the streets, still thronged with voluble people…”
-from an untitled draft of a Kull story
vol•u•ble
ˈvälyəbəl/
adjective
adjective: voluble
1. speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently.
synonyms: talkative, loquacious, garrulous, verbose, wordy, chatty, gossipy, effusive, gushing, forthcoming, conversational, communicative, expansive; More
articulate, fluent;
informalmouthy, motormouthed, gabby, gassy, windy, talky
antonyms: Taciturn
Origin
Middle English (in senses ‘rotating about an axis’ and ‘having a tendency to change’): from French, or from Latin volubilis, from volvere ‘to roll.’ The modern meanings arose in the late 16th century.
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