garrulity; multiloquence†, much speaking.
jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack;
twaddle, twattle, rattle; caquet†, caquetterie [Fr.]; blabber,
bavardage†, bibble-babble†, gibble-gabble†; small talk &c (converse) 588.
fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words;
flux de bouche [Fr.], flux de mots [Fr.]; copia verborum [Lat.],
cacoethes loquendi [Lat.]; furor loquendi [Lat.]; verbosity &c
(diffuseness) 573; gift of the gab &c (eloquence) 582.
talker; chatterer, chatterbox; babbler &c v.; rattle; ranter;
sermonizer, proser†, driveler; blatherskite [U.S.]; gossip &c (converse)
588; magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel; moulin a paroles [Fr.].
V. be loquacious &c adj.; talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate,
palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter†,
blether†; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, twattle; babble, gabble; outtalk;
talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate &c (speak at
length) 573; gossip &c (converse) 588; din in the ears &c (repeat) 104;
talk at random, talk nonsense &c 497; be hoarse with talking.
Adj. loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious†, multiloquous†;
largiloquent†; chattering &c v.; chatty &c (sociable) 892; declamatory
&c 582; open-mouthed.
fluent, voluble, glib, flippant; long tongued, long winded &c
(diffuse) 573.
Adv. trippingly on the tongue; glibly &c adj.; off the reel.
Phr. the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue
running on wheels; all talk and no cider; foul whisperings are abroad
[Macbeth]; what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! [Tempest].