Garrulous

ˈɡærələs

adjective

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

The word 'garrulous' comes from the Latin word 'garrire,' meaning 'to chatter.' People who are garrulous tend to talk a lot, often about things that may not be very important or relevant.

He is a very shrewd and garrulous fellow.” Napoleon smiled and told them to give the Cossack a horse and bring the man to him.

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

You are in the arms of the Garrulous Professor, East Texas.

King, Stephen

The Stand

Since that time, rebellion and ruin, ruin and rebellion.” Barr wondered if he were growing garrulous.

Asimov, Isaac

Foundation 1 - Foundation

A garrulous old man with a squirrel on his surcoat.

George R. R. Martin

A Feast for Crows

Sounds of the Winter Sounds of the winter too, Sunshine upon the mountains—many a distant strain From cheery railroad train—from nearer field, barn, house, The whispering air—even the mute crops, garner’d apples, corn, Children’s and women’s tones—rhythm of many a farmer and of flail, An old man’s garrulous lips among the rest, Think not we give out yet, Forth from these snowy hairs we keep up yet the lilt.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

The flesh gave no answer, for, indeed, it was conscious only of a ruling impulse to keep on and on; but a third garrulous one talked and wondered, critical of the body’s self-inflicted labour, and contemptuous of the reason for effort.

T. E. Lawrence

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

But she had become almost garrulous as enforced intimacy eroded her awe of Mother Superior.

Frank Herbert

Chapterhouse: Dune

Now I must look over some papers—So sorry.” II He spent most of the next morning nerving himself to face the garrulous world of the Athletic Club.

Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt

I supposed there’d be a curious crowd around there all day with little boys searching for dark spots in the dust, and some garrulous man telling over and over what had happened, until it became less and less real even to him and he could tell it no longer, and Myrtle Wilson’s tragic achievement was forgotten.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby