Gar″ru‐lous (?), a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. � voice, � to speak, sing. Cf. Call.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.
2. (Zoöl.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; — said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
Syn. — Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.
— Gar″ru‐lous‐ly, adv. — Gar″ru‐lous‐ness, n.