voluble
pronunciation
How to pronounce voluble in British English:
UK [ˈvɒljʊbl]
How to pronounce voluble in American English:
US [ˈvɑljəbl]
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- Adjective:
- marked by a ready flow of speech
Word Origin
- voluble (adj.)
- early 15c., "liable to constant change," from Middle French voluble, from Latin volubilis "that turns around, rolling, flowing," figuratively (of speech) "fluent, rapid," from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see volvox). Meaning "fluent, talkative" first recorded 1580s. Related: Volubly.
Example
- 1. A small voluble figure , he preferred the spoken to the written word , and he took to television as a duck to water .
- 2. Mr. li , 48 , is the voluble son of former farmers who has built one of china 's biggest privately owned car makers on the back of a tiny rural photo studio he started after finishing high school .
- 3. And yet , about half - way through the book there begin to be wonderful glimpses of him through the eyes of his friends : vital , voluble , gesticulating , nervous and excitable , his english heavily accented , his face leathery , piratical .
- 4. In a possible nod to kim 's alleged fondness for drink , normally voluble political blogger wu jiaxiang opted to simply post an animation of glasses clinking in celebration .
- 5. Putin presented a stark contrast to yeltsin . Yeltsin was large and stocky ; putin was compact and extremely fit from years of martial arts practice . Yeltsin was voluble ; the former kgb agent was measured and precise .