voluble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: voluble	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for voluble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voluble adj marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" Antonym(s): taciturn
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluble \Vol"uble\, 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. [Cassio,] a knave very voluble. --Shak. Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. [bd]A grave and voluble eloquence.[b8] --Bp. Hacket. 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.] 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"ubleness}, n. -- {Vol"u*bly}, adv.