garrulity (garoʻlit i)

[= F. garrulité = It. garrulita, L. garrulita (t-)s, Mobility of tongue may rise into garrulity . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 664. Dwelling with fond garrulity on the virtuous days of the patriarchs. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 147. garrulous (gar'ö-lus), a . [= Sp. = Sp. gárrulo = Pg. garrulo , garrulus , garrulus , chattering, prattling, talkative, garrir garrire , chatter, prattle, talk. Cf. Gr. γηρύειν , Doric γαρύειν , speak, cry, Ir. gairim , I bawl, wl, shout, E. call : see call1 .] Talkative; prating; loquacious; specifically, specifically, given given to to talk talking much and with much minutene and repetition of unimportant or trivial details. Age, we know, Is garrulous ; and solitude is apt To anticipate the privilege of Age. IMG:content-2116.png:[blocks in formation] 6. A semicircular key in a bench-vise.-7. In printing, an iron band which prevented the splitting of the wooden box that resisted the impre ion-spindle of the old form of handpre . Garter king-at-arms (often abbreviated to Garter), the chief herald of the Order of the Garter, who is also, under the authority of the earl marshal, the principal king-at-arms in England. - Order of the Garter, the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, consist of the sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and twenty-five knights companions, and open, in addition, to such Eng: lish princes and foreign sovereigns as may be chosen, and sometimes to extra companions chosen for special reasons, so that the whole order usually numbers about fifty. Formerly the knights companions were elected by the body itself, but since the reign of George III. appointments have been made by the sovereign. The order, at first (and still sometimes) called the Order of St. George, was insti His [Leigh Hunt's] style... is well suited for light, garrulous , desultory ana. Macaulay , Comic Dramatists of the Restoration. =Syn. Loquacious , etc. (see talkative ) ; prattling, babbling. garrulously (gar'ö-lus-li), adv . In a garrulous or talkative manner; chatteringly. To whom the little novice garrulously , "Yea, but I know: the land was full of signs And wonders ere the coming of the Queen." Tennyson, Guinevere.