[ adj ] marked by a ready flow of speech <adj.all> she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations
Voluble \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.
[Cassio,] a knave very voluble. --Shak.
Note: 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. [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"u*ble*ness}, n. -- {Vol"u*bly}, adv.
On Iraq, the State Department is a little more voluble, but again without any apparent effect.
Ryzhkov went to Armenia the morning after the Dec. 7 earthquake. Until he returned to Moscow last week, Ryzhkov received heavy coverage in the state-run media doing the things Soviets have come to expect from the more voluble Gorbachev.
Argentine Judge Maria Servini de Cubria was sent to Spain earlier this month to conduct her own interview with the voluble Mr. Cruz.
In the past several weeks, the normally voluble Mr. Della Femina has been quiet, on the advice of his lawyers.