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Voluble

//ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

    "A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]"

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. 4
    Twisting and turning like a vine.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by a ready flow of speech wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis (“rolling”), from volvō (“roll”).

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