Garrulous
Pronounced:
<gar-ral-lus>
Pronounced:
<gar-ral-lus>
Talking about boring or trivial things. Rambling and annoying chatter.
My use:
I have no time to be garrulous. I have to finish writing my report.
I have no time to be garrulous. I have to finish writing my report.
Literary use:
By Virginia Woolf
After St. John had spent some hours in the heat of the sun wrangling with evasive and very garrulous natives, he extracted the information that there was a doctor, a French doctor, who was at present away on a holiday in the hills.
By Virginia Woolf
After St. John had spent some hours in the heat of the sun wrangling with evasive and very garrulous natives, he extracted the information that there was a doctor, a French doctor, who was at present away on a holiday in the hills.
Memory trick:
garrulous
garrulous
gar (reminds of) = garish or loud and flashy
rul (reminds of) = rule
o (reminds of) = oh
us (reminds of) = us
rul (reminds of) = rule
o (reminds of) = oh
us (reminds of) = us
Garish rule! Oh us!
Listen: Garrulous
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10:33 PM
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