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voluble

adj
/ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl/UK/ˈvɑl.jə.bəl/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from volūbilis — “rolling”
  2. derived from volubile

Definitions

  1. Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

    • A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]
    • What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery!
    • But Wolf Larsen seemed voluble, prone to speech as I had never seen him before. It was as though he were bursting with pent energy which must find an outlet somehow.

  2. Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed

    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.
    • He heard[…]the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
    • As a rule Lady Anne's displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness.

  3. Easily rolling or turning

    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. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Twisting and turning like a vine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at voluble. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01voluble02readily03unwillingness04unwilling05reluctant06little07limited08plentiful09profuse10volubly

A definitional loop anchored at voluble. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at voluble

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA