Vol″u‐ble (?), a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. � to infold, to inwrap, � to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.]
1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
a knave very voluble. Shak.
☞ Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. “A grave and voluble eloquence.” Bp. Hacket.
3. Changeable; unstable; fickle.
4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
Voluble stem(Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body.
— Vol″u‐ble‐ness, n. — Vol″u‐bly, adv.