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garrulity
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gar·ru·li·ty

noun \gə-ˈrü-lə-tē, ga-\

Definition of GARRULITY

: the quality or state of being garrulous

Examples of GARRULITY

  1. <in her article the professor resorts to garrulity in a vain attempt to disguise the fact that she has very little worth saying>

First Known Use of GARRULITY

1581

Related to GARRULITY

Synonyms
circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, verbiage, garrulousness, logorrhea, long-windedness, periphrasis, prolixity, redundancy, verbalism, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness

Rhymes with GARRULITY

credulity, sedulity

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