🔊 Pronunciation: /ɡəˈruːlɪti/
(guh-ROO-li-tee)
🗣️ Part of Speech: Noun
Definition:
Garrulity means the quality of being excessively talkative, especially about trivial matters. It often implies a kind of chatty loquacity that can be tiresome or trivial.
Examples:
- "Her garrulity at the dinner table made it difficult for anyone else to get a word in."
- "Despite his garrulity, he had a way of making even the dullest topics sound amusing."
- "The old professor's garrulity during lectures sometimes led students to lose focus."
(Shows someone talking excessively, dominating the conversation.)
(Highlights talkativeness that can still be charming in context.)
(Indicates excessive or prolonged talking that distracts.)
🧠 Bonus Tip:
The word garrulity comes from Latin garrulus, meaning talkative.
- It is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to characterize someone’s habit of talking at length, often without much substance.
💡 Think of it like:
A never-ending stream of chatter, like a brook that keeps flowing no matter what.
Use “garrulity” when describing someone who talks too much, often about trivial things.