volubility en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Latin volūbilitās. By surface analysis, voluble + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) the state of being voluble
But there is no help for him — or for us, his readers — no way for him to stop the chattering by which he means to make his meaning clear […] Freddie Greenfield is doomed, then, and we are doomed along with him, victims of his volubility.
1976 December 18, Rudy Kikel, “The Doomsday Book by the Jewish Comedian”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 14:His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa. I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 36”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- (countable) the degree to which someone is voluble
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| volubilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
fi sujuvuus (the state of being voluble) · ka სიტყვაუხვობა (the state of being voluble) · ka ენამრავლობა (the state of being voluble) · bg бъбривост (the state of being voluble) · ru разгово́рчивость (the state of being voluble) · ka სიტყვამრავლობა (the state of being voluble) · ru говорли́вость (the state of being voluble)